Nigeria frowns at attacks on security agencies

Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-08 01:08:42|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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LAGOS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with recent attacks on law enforcement agents by members of the public.

This nation can no longer tolerate flagrant disobedience to laws, assault, maiming, killing as well as abduction of security operatives, Habitat Lawal, Acting Secretary to the government said at a forum in Abuja, the country's capital city.

Lawal spoke against the backdrop of recent attacks against personnel and facilities of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in parts of the country.

"If the rate at which citizens contravene laws and regulations is not checked, then the nation may lapse into dire strait," she added.

Over 10 cases were recorded in July alone, prominent among which was the shooting of two FRSC officials by security operatives attached to the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly in commercial city of Aba.

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