Bizman Calls For Better Security Apparatuses In Rural Areas

A Port Harcourt-based businessman, Pastor Pioneer Omereji, has called for better security architecture in rural communities.
Pst. Omereji, who made the call while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, noted that rural communities were facing greater danger as a result no police presence.
He pointed out that cultism, armed robbery and kidnapping took place more in the rural areas than in city centres.
Omereji explained that most criminals live in the rural areas where the standard of living was abysmal.
He said criminals usually took cover in suburbs, where they live in shanties and raided city centres.
“We must understand that more people live in the rural communities than in the cities, therefore government must provide adequate security for a percentage of our population. There is a grave danger in limiting our security apparatuses to urban centres.”
He noted that the time had come when government had to rise to its responsibilities.
“Some villages had become the hotbed of crises. Many villagers are pitted against themselves. Killings have become daily occurrences yet still government appears indifferent”, he stated.
Pst. Poineer remarked that Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State facing a difficult time as cultists had continued to wreak havoc in the area.
The clergyman averred that unless the government to urgent steps to stem the situation, insecurity in rural areas would continue to fester.
Also speaking, Mr. Prince Okeoma, a Port Harcourt-based businessman attributed the the spate of crime in the rural communities to lack of Job opportunities and the rising level of poverty.
Mr. Okeoma stated that if government wanted to address the issue of crime it must provide enabling environment for the youth to acquire meaningful vocation.