Utomi suggests use of drones to monitor Nigeria’s highways

A Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has called for the use of drones to monitor Nigeria’s highways as part of efforts to tackle insecurity.

Utomi, who spoke in an interview with newsmen on Sunday, said that governors must close ranks on it.

The professor expressed dismay over what he referred to the poor attitude toward insecurity, saying, to protect highways was a fairly simple thing, if it was really valuable to the nation.

“How many highways do we have? We do not have a lot of highways.

“There should be aerial surveillance, drones over those roads because looking at the edges of the roads, whoever is inside the bush, they will see them long before anybody even tries to come out to the road to try and attack anybody, “ he said.

Utomi also pointed out that checkpoints were unnecessary, but rather said that police forces were designed to be mobile.

He said: “We should literally have rolling roadblocks: two, three police vehicles on this side and this side, a couple of meters apart, just moving.

“So, by the time they reach, say, if you are between Benin and Ore, about four different sets of three police cars, well-armed, will be moving at distances between each other.

“So, there is a sweep, ongoing sweep,” he said.