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Former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, has kicked against the establishment of State Police, declaring that Nigeria would “go down” if governors had such powers. “I won’t support the idea of having a Police Force controlled by the governors. It is not good for Nigeria.

“The Inspector-General of Police has said that Nigeria is not matured for State Police. I agree with him totally,” Suswam told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday He argued that the governors shall use the outfits to deal with political opponents. “I was a governor for eight years and know the power the governors wield. If you add state police to them, the security situation will get just worse,” he said.

He, however, agreed that some governors would use the state police positively, but that majority of them would misuse such force. “Clearly, the state police will breed crises and there will always be a clash between the state and federal police which may breed more insecurity and confusion,” he said. He expressed fears about where the states could recruit the state policemen from. “There is unemployment everywhere; there is criminality around. There are also thugs ready for any assignment.

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