The National Economic Council (NEC) has threatened to impose its decision on states that have failed to submit their reports on state police. On Thursday, February 15, 2024, President Bola Tinubu agreed on the need to establish state police, as recommended by state governors, to curb rising insecurity in the country, reports Nigerian Tribune. ...
•Aiyedatiwa State police is long overdue in Nigeria, and the time has come for it to be created in all states as part of the critical solutions to security challenges in the country. This was the view of the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who spoke yesterday at the Annual General Conference of the […]
•Police operatives Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State says his counterparts in the southern region want state and community policing to tackle rising security challenges in the country. The security situation has worsened in recent years with kidnapping for ransom among other crimes making headlines, reports Channels TV. Calls for the creatio...
•Speaker Obasa and IGP Egbetokun The Lagos State House of Assembly has kicked against the position of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, that Nigeria is not ripe for the establishment of state police. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk of the House, Barr. Olalekan Onafeko, to write the [&...
•Ex-AIG Ambrose Aisabor A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, has said adopting state police is non-negotiable. According to him, the clamour for state police raged over the failure of the federal police, reports Daily Trust. The discussion on state police has been revived recently with President Bola Tinubu and sta...
•Photo (L-R): Ex- Head of State General Abdulsalami, former President Jonathan and Vice President Shettima With calls for state police gaining mileage across the country as efforts to ramp up security increase, opinions are divided among stakeholders including the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, President Bola Tinubu, and e...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun believes the country is not “mature” for state policing despite the myriad of security challenges facing it. He spoke today during a national dialogue on state police held in Abuja with the theme ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’, reports Channels T...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives will today hold a national dialogue on State Policing. Vice President Kashmir Shettima is expected to lead two former Nigerian leaders and top security chiefs to the one-day event, which will hold at the Abuja Continental Hotel, reports The Nation. Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami...
•Tinubu and Akpabio President Bola Tinubu is expected to declare open a one-day national dialogue on security and state police organised by the House of Representatives on Monday, April 22. In a statement signed by the Reps’ spokesman, Akintunde Rotimi, the House said the primary objective of this dialogue is to facilitate a comprehensive nati...
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services (DSS), Adams Abuh, has called on 20 governors yet to support the creation of state police to expedite action. Abuh, who was a guest on Channels Television this morning, said the escalating security challenges of banditry and kidnapping in the country demand urgent response from ...
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