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The Unite Nigeria Group (UNG) has advised the President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government and state governors to replicate Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo’s security model to address insecurity nationwide.
UNG said Anambra’s Homeland Security architecture, which targets the arrest and prosecution of criminal gang sponsors and financiers, has greatly reduced crime in the state.
In a statement by UNG National Convener Sir Peter Okala (JP), the group praised Anambra’s approach for tackling the root causes of criminality rather than its symptoms.
The group maintained that federal and state governments have spent billions of naira on equipment and manpower to combat vices like kidnapping, banditry, agitation, terrorism, and fraud, neglecting underlying causes.
Whereas Anambra’s campaign against insecurity led to the arrest of alleged fake native doctors, clergymen, and individuals flaunting wealth on social media without verifiable income sources.
Okala said Soludo’s method has sharply reducing kidnapping, assassinations, terrorism, agitation, and fraud in the state.
Former Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshal and UNG member Chief Osita Chidoka, speaking at the League of Anambra Professionals (LAP) Executive Committee/Lecture Series in Lagos, described Soludo’s approach as a bold solution for Nigeria’s insecurity.
In his paper, “Is Soludo’s Security Plan the Future of Crime Fighting or Just Another Political Gimmick?”, Chidoka revealed that “between July 2023 and June 2024, Nigeria recorded 1,130 reported kidnapping incidents, with 7,568 victims abducted. Kidnappers demanded ₦10.99 billion in ransom but received about ₦1.05 billion, according to SBM Intelligence.”
Chidoka further noted that the Anambra State Homeland Security Law, 2025, does more than redefine security structures; it integrates technology into governance, ensuring that real consequences back moral renewal.
Okala, however, called on National Security Adviser Malam Nuhu Ribadu to adopt Soludo’s model and Chidoka’s insights to overhaul Nigeria’s security framework, enabling citizens to “sleep with both eyes closed.”
He also enjoined wealthy Nigerians to stop flaunting of the country’s currencies during occasions in the face of unemployment and hunger in the land which is one of the major enablers for youths taking to crimes and criminalities.
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