Security not exclusive role of military, says NDA Commandant

The founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, yesterday, advocated an amendment to the Constitution and other statutes to saddle the military with the enforcement and obedience to law and order in the country.

According to him, the problem in the country today is nothing other than a lack of discipline.

Babalola, who spoke during the fourth Aare Afe Babalola distinguished personality lecture series held at the ABUAD campus in Ado-Ekiti, said if the country must move forward, the law should be amended.

Meanwhile, in his keynote lecture, titled: “Insecurity, Leadership and Peace Building in Nigeria: Dynamic and Challenges,” the Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John Ochai said that addressing insecurity in the country requires the input of the whole of the country, including the military, the government, the civil society groups, the educational institutions, all security agencies and individual citizens.

“It is the responsibility of citizens to pass information to the security agencies. It is also the responsibility of citizens to focus on national development.

“We must keep our youths from crime and what is inimical to the development of our society.”

Also in his address at the event, the Chairman of the occasion and Archbishop of the Catholic Church of Ekiti Diocese, Bishop Felix Ajakaiye, said the country must unite to ensure order, orderliness and discipline, saying that is the only and surest way forward.