Lack  of intelligence caused Plateau attack –  Ex-Lagos CP

Fatai Owoseni, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Police has described the recent Plateau State attacks as an indication of lack of intelligence by security agencies.

Owoseni stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Monday.

Recall that Plateau recently witnessed 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.

Owoseni, the Special Adviser on Security Matters to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, 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?”

Speaking about his stint as the Benue State police commissioner in 2018, Owoseni said most of the non-state actors wreaking havoc in the North-Central were identified as insurgents coming from outside the country.