The National Conscience Party (NCP) on Saturday announced its
opposition to the creation of State Police in the country.
It warned that governors will use the security arm to deal
with opponents, critics and other Nigerians at will.
Lagos State Chairman of the party, Fatai Ibu-Owo, said the
NCP decried the idea because it would not solve the security problem in the
nation but worsen it.
He argued that the country had not attained the political
maturity to adopt State Police, as the the creation would be subjected to
political manipulation.
Ibu-Owo said in a country where people still identified with
tribes rather than the country, the idea was not good for national unity.
“We at NCP are opposed to the idea because the country is not
ripe for such, especially in a country where politicians can be desperate”, he
told NAN.
“We believe that if states are allowed to have their own
police, politicians would manipulate them to fight or crush the opposition,
rather than fight security challenges.
“Just like governors are using the state electoral
commissions to achieve their political whims and caprices in their respective
states.
“Also, State Police is not good for a multi-ethnic and
multi-cultural country like Nigeria.
“They could be used to dangerously settle ethnic scores, and
this is not good for the unity of the country”.
Ibu-Owo told Daily Post that the way forward was for the
government to strengthen the Federal Police by providing it with the
wherewithal to deal with the country’s challenges.
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