The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said that as part of efforts to stop killing and kidnapping by herdsmen, it plans to install closed circuit television cameras on the highways in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari, during a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the South-West traditional rulers disclosed the FG position.
The traditional rulers were led by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Buhari also stated that the country’s security architecture would be restructured, adding that drones would be deployed in areas worst hit by banditry and kidnapping in collaboration with state governments.
According to him: “Working with the state governments also, we intend to beef up the equipping of the police force with advanced technology and equipment that can facilitate the work of the security agencies.
“I will be issuing directives to the appropriate federal authorities to speedily approve licensing for states requesting the use of drones to monitor forests and other criminal hideouts. We also intend to install CCTVs on highways and other strategic locations so that activities in some of those hidden places can be exposed, more effectively monitored and open to actionable review” he said.
