Former Senate Deputy Leader, Jonathan Zwingina, said establishment of state police was the ultimate solution to tackling insecurity in the country.

T he Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has championed the decentralisation of the nation’s policing system for quite a while now. Although past efforts to create state police in various constitution amendment efforts failed, the agitation has returned with greater acceptance in the wake of the soaring killings, particularly the recent carnage in Plateau State.In this interview monitored on Channels TV, Ekweremadu, who chairs the constitution amendment panel, speaks extensively on the benefits, shape, and possibility of state police.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that the Senate has started the process of amending the Constitution to allow for the creation of state and community Police.

THE call for the establishment of state police is getting more strident, and continued opposition to it no longer makes sense. The Nigerian society has become complex, and so
are the variety and complexity of criminality now buffeting the citizens.

The State police is the only way of bringing policing to the grassroots and giving community policing a more democratic face

An Osun State lawmaker, Mr. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has commended the increased attention given to issue of security by the Federal Government Just as he called for kick starting of process that will fast track the formation of State Police.

By Sunday Ehindero NOW that there appears to be consensus but not unanimity on the desirability of State Police, let me serve a caveat before its implementation. But before then, may I adumbrate my understanding of the concept of State Police. Concept of a State Police Simply put, State Police means the absence of a […]

In spite of resistance against its formation by a segment of the country, the proposed creation of state police has enjoyed the support and approval of over 61 percent of Nigerians.

Given the unending killings plaguing many areas of the country, the creation of state police appears inevitable given the support of a few governors and the national assembly

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr Udom Ekpoudom (retd), has aligned himself with the demand by state governors for the establishment of state police, saying it was the only way out of the prevailing internal security challenges in the country.