Mass-kidnapping that has become a trend up Northern part of Nigeria is worrying and part of the Federal Government’s latest response unwittingly cast light on the root of the problem.

The Federal Government asserted, in his response to the trending abduction of school children, that “State Governments must review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and vehicles.

Such a policy, the FG added, may backfire with disastrous consequences.

“States and Local Governments must also play their part by being proactive in improving security in & around schools.”

Now, the very fact that state governments found it acceptable to reward kidnappers with cash and vehicles instead of intense police action and punishment for the act of murder and kidnapping, is problematic. Unfortunately, right now we are going to have to look at the way FG has asked the State and Local Governments to step up security within their space and ask exactly how this is supposed to be accomplished.

The Federal Government has reserved unto itself the right to own a police force. As far as the national constitution goes, the State Governments and the Local Government authorities don’t have a legal foundation that allows them to set up armed security organizations or even buy weapons.

There are no state police colleges.

The States that have set up security organizations have done so largely in defiance of the Federal Government and have political capital situations that let them get away with it and that’s why an Anambra state for example can’t have something like the Kano State Hisbah.

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The record is still 700 students. Which northern state will break it?

The entire SW should Hire OPC to do security, they should make public the account information of the OPC so that we can support them financially.