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The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to stop giving ethnic colouration to criminal activities in the country.
The advice was given by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course 14 of the National Institute for Security Studies, led by its Commandant, Ayodele Adeleke, at his office in Abuja.
Aregbesola observed that Nigerians must equate security with the global picture of a society that puts its emphasis on the dignity of man and human development, stressing further that crime is anathema to the nation.
“No ethnic group in Nigeria glorifies crime and criminality, so let us all condemn crime.
The minister of Interior,
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola gave the advice while receiving a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course 14 of the National Institute for Security Studies led by its Commandant, Ayodele Adeleke. Aregbesola said Nigerians need to resist the tendency of seeing crimes from ethnic prisms, saying no ethnic group in the country glorifies crimes. “
One thing we must all resist is the tendency of seeing crime in relation to one ethnic group or another, a criminal is a criminal no matter the ethnic group he or she belongs to,” he said.
“No ethnic group in Nigeria glorifies crime and criminality, so let us all condemn crime.
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THE Federal Government has called on Nigerians to avoid the temptation of giving ethnic colouration to criminal activities in the country, saying the morality of the African race and Nigeria in particular, abhors all forms of crimes and criminality.
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola gave the advice on Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 14, of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), led by its Commandant, Ayodele Adeleke.
This was contained in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, Mr Mohammed Manga and made available to newsmen.
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