Fatai Owoseni, the Special Adviser on Security Matters to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has blamed the recent Plateau State attacks on lack of intelligence by security agencies.
The North-Central state has experienced a string of attacks on villages since December 24 which has left over 200 dead and scores injured.
Gunmen launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in Nigeria’s Plateau State, a region plagued for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.
Speaking during an interview on “2023: Year Of Transition,” a Channels TV’s special end-of-year programme, Owoseni, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Police, said the attacks in Plateau should not be taken in isolation.
He said, “What has happened in Plateau show clearly lack of intelligence. Why won’t that be that? You have all the security institutions, they don’t work together. They don’t see their roles as complementary, there is competition.
“We must probably redefine what our internal security architecture is. We talk of internal security architecture, who is taking the lead?”
