Use Legionnaires To Turn The Security Architecture Of The Nation – Wenike-Briggs

The Gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressive Party ( YPP) Engr, Danagogo Opurum Wenike-Briggs, has called on the Federal Government to use the Legionnaires to turn around the security network of the nation.
Wenike-Briggs spoke during the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Port Harcourt over the weekend.
He said since security was everyone’s business, that the government at the center should make fresh laws and rules that will capture the welfare of Legionnaires in a new and special dimension.
According to him, the Armed Forces have done wonderfully well in the areas of security of lives and property and should be given better and adequate attention at various levels.
The YPP Guber candidate, who doubles as a Deacon in the Salvation Ministries, said no single individual can manage security effectively due to its complexity and added that he will have a permanent advisory council that will oversee the welfare of Legionnaires in the state.
He also informed that there will be more plans to encourage the enrollment of Rivers people into the Armed Forces to enable the state have more military personnel.
States like Plateau and Benue, he pointed out, are what they are in history due to the intimidating number of military personnel in their areas.
Such he said, is achievable, if all hands will be on deck irrespective of party or tribal affiliations.
“I think security should be considered top in the agenda of every government. People must feel safe before considering empowerment and other welfare packages. That is why we must think more on having military personnel in our state”, he said.
He also called on the youth to think less of crime and use their youthful energy and push for something useful that will bring pride to their respective families and the state.
About the N100 million donations by the Rivers State Goverment to the Legionnaires, he said it was key and should act as a wakeup call to the donees.
Meanwhile , he has called on the Armed Forces to resist any pressure to get them involved in partisan politics as such may be against the law that established them.

By: King Onunwor