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There has been a large clamour for states to have their own police forces in response to the apparent unwieldiness of the national force.

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People have kicked against this idea because of a fear that governors would turn such forces into private armies. The fears are born out of the role the police played under Hassan Katsina in May – July 1966 and under Sam Akintola in 1964. So they are not unfounded fears.

I am clamouring against state police because Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun State and present minister of Interior has showed a good example from which the 36 states governors should learn a lesson. While in Osun 2014, he introduced security architecture.

The Nigerian police have come under a lot of scrutiny recently because of poor performance. From issues that require policing escalating to points where full blown military intervention is needed, to plain incompetence on the parts of police officers and cases where it is quite clear that the people do not trust those who are meant to protect them. Where did it all go wrong?

As of 1960, Nigeria had 12,000 policemen. By 1979, as a result of post-war expansion, there were 80,000. Most of them poorly trained. The 1979 Constitution gave the Federal Government controlled NPF the sole-jurisdiction over the country. However, that democratic experiment was short-lived and the various military governments thereafter saw the NPF as a potential threat to their power and as a result deliberately underfunded the force.

The danger of state police is as long as there are multiple commands in any formation, loyalty becomes divided. This is very dangerous to security management, especially in a very complex country, like Nigeria. Also, there will be conflict of jurisdiction.

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Federal police have always been most dangerous as even the state elected executive governor needs to consult a unelected IGP in Abuja on security matters concerning the state he/she is elected to protect lives and property.

These people travel abroad and see the level of security All of them have state police They don’t want state police because they want to be using the federal police to their advantage How can an Hausa man be in charge of Lagos state police when it’s supposed to be a Yoruba man

This always have nothing reasonable to tell 😏😏

But we need it now !!!!

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