Sir: What brought about the renewed clamour for state police in Nigeria are rampant killings, with particular reference to many parts of northern Nigeria. But state police will not solve the problem of insecurity because many of the state governors are also too powerful in their states and can easily abuse the police force to set their states ablaze. Before state police can work, certain reformations must take place. One, the power to choose electoral umpires must be taken from the partisan people in power and vested in some non-governmental organisations, at federal, state, and local levels, through constitutional reform. Otherwise, state police will be abused by the political and religious powers that be, to further facilitate election-rigging, religious imperialisms among others and promote anarchy in some states.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2018 03:22 UTC