President Buhari had during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday said state police was not an option. He said apart from the certainty that governor would abuse such powers, the states do not have what it takes to finance devolution of powers.
Apparently in support of state police, the state government recently announced the harmonisation of the vigilantes in the state into a corps with a unitary commander. The Secretary of International Institute of Professional Security, Niger state Comrade, Abdullahi Jabi told LEADERSHIP that the averse posture of the President Muhammadu Buhari against state police showed that he was not in touch with the realities in the country.
Hon. Emelumba submitted that with the peculiarity of insecurity in the state, the governor, Hope Uzodinma, has adopted strategies that will check this menace through the formulation of local vigilante groups, the adoption and formulation of regional security outfit, known as Ebube Agu, so as to complement the police.
He argued that true federalism structure entails that states should control their security outfits, so as to complement the federal government. He called on the federal government to be circumspect and approach the spate of insecurity from the perspective of the state governors for maximum and effective result.
“What we are doing in Edo State to bridge the security gap is that state police is urgently needed and, for me, I don’t see how the government can run away from the obvious reality of the need for state Police in Nigeria as it stands today. “What we have done is that the community on their own recommended those they feel have credibility; whose credibility Intelligence and Availability, CIA, are hundred percent and integrity is well assured. What is important is their availability in their community, not by proxy.
The governor who spoke through the Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, did not state in clear terms whether the Governor is going ahead with State Policing or not. During the signing ceremony, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Mike Gusah explained that the old law had lapsed, stressing that under the new law, a command structure will be set up at the District, Wards and Local Government level.
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