The Yoruba Pan socio-political group, Afenifere, has said that regional policing is the only remedy to curb the recent insecurity rampaging the country.

Afenifere stated this in support of the newly launched Eastern Security Network (ESN) by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Speaking with news men on Monday, its National Publicity Secretary Yinka Odumakin stated that the already “collapsed” central policing could no longer secure the country, hence the establishment of regional security outfits to protect lives and property.

According to Odumakin, the IPOB leader, Kanu, is doing what is good for his region.

“It is seen that the central policing in Nigeria has collapsed, and the regional policing is not a new thing in this country. And, I tell you, we are back to the era of regional policing.

“The security challenges have gone beyond what the Nigeria police can handle, and since we have had regional policing before, we are back into the era again.”

Reacting to the recent abduction of schoolboys by the suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Kankara, Katsina State, he added that the Federal security is porous in the President’s home State.

“The Nigeria police cannot secure anybody, so clearly, we are back to regional policing,” he added.

Recall that Nnamdi Kanu, had on Saturday launched the ESN, saying it was to protect lives and property of the Eastern region people.

The security outfit which he said was necessary to tackle the security challenges confronting the country, is not different from the Amotekun in the South-West, and Miyetti Allah in the North.

Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News