A former lawmaker, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, has urged the Federal Government to begin the process of police reform to douse the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality by Nigerian youths.
Ohuabunwa, who represented Abia North in the Eighth Senate, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Saturday.
He said police reform would help restore public confidence in the police force.
Ohuabunwa also advised the Federal Government to enter into serious negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to find a lasting solution to the seven-month-old industrial dispute by the union.
He feared that the two knotty issues could snowball into a monstrous national crisis, if not properly addressed.