•Police A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Prince Matthew Onyebuchi Agu, has strongly opposed the proposed establishment of state police, warning that the move could plunge Nigeria into chaos and deepen political intimidation across the country. Agu, a former deputy governorship candidate under the defunct Actio...
•South-West governors South-West governors, under the aegis of the South-West Governors’ Forum, have renewed their call for the creation of state police to tackle the security challenges bedeviling the region and the country in general. They made the call yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after a closed-door meeting held at the Oyo S...
•Nigerian Police The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission has called for federal legislative reforms to establish state police as a complement to the existing federal security architecture The Commission said the need for the call for national attention became imperative in view of the escalating insecurity across the count...
•Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani yesterday restated his long-standing advocacy for state police by calling for the decentralisation of the nation’s security architecture. He argued that the decentralisation of the security apparatus, especially the Police, would enable states to play more active roles in tackl...
•Policemen Following the recent claim by Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang, that the creation of state police would be a game-changer in the war against insurgency and other crimes, several other Nigerians have called on the National AssemÂbly and the Presidency to ensure that the ongoing constitution review does not skip the opporÂtunity...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political orÂganisation, Afenifere, has sought accelerated action for urgent take-off of state police to combat rising insecurity in the country. The organisation disclosed this in a communique issued yesterday and signed by its NationÂal Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, after the end of its caucus meeting held in ...
•House of Reps member, Yusuf Gadgi A House of Representatives member, Yusuf Gadgi, has opposed calls for state police, warning that governors cannot be trusted with the control of policing in the states. Gadgi, who chairs the House Committee on Defence, spoke on Channels Television last night . The lawmaker maintained that community policing w...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives will today hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution. The hearing, originally scheduled earlier this month but postponed following the national mourning for former President Muhammadu Buhari, marks a major step in the ongoing efforts to amend the constitution...
•Tinubu with Katsina State delegation led by Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda on Sept 2 Barely 17 months after the Tinubu administration first expressed interest in establishing a decentralised police force, several sociopolitical groups, civil society organisations and ex-service men and women have intensified calls for its implementation. Th...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has hinted that he would consider the formation of State Police to halt the growing spate of bandit attacks ravaging some states across the federation. He has also directed the Nigerian Armed Forces to deploy more advanced military hardware and surveillance gadgets in Katsina State, in the wake of the recent [&hel...
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