Ohraykon:
lagbaja police oga? Which igbo you dey smoke? Person wey be Army 🪖 oga!!!

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

JoeEeL:


Haha, na mistake. But u get d point, don't u?

SavageResponse:


Most state governments in Nigeria are struggling to pay staff salaries so I wonder where they will get money to pay staff of the state police?

Gjrich:

https://saharareporters.com/2024/02/17/senate-says-its-ready-amend-nigerian-constitution-okay-state-police

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

omohayek:

Why do all of you imagine that state policing necessarily means that governors should get to treat the police like their personal armies? That's not how things work anywhere else worth emulating! It's as if Nigerians can't conceive of the idea of division of powers, which is why they also seem to think a president must be an elected dictator able to pass laws and set prices as he pleases.

There is absolutely no reason why state police have to be answerable in any way to a governor, and in fact, it would better that they don't, so we don't have a situation where governors deploy them as enforcers of their personal whims. The heads of state police could be directly elected, just as the governors are, and subjected to an oversight committee appointed by state legislators and LGA chairmen. The important thing is that there should be a mechanism for citizens to hold the police accountable, which is what is completely missing right now.

This accountability issue is why local police at the LGA level would be an even better suggestion than state police, as then both the police and the citizens they should be protecting will know each other by name.

accordadoga24:
Hehehe

We hope they also allow us to own AK47.

Na golden AK47 I wan buy

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

Penguin2:
As much as this idea sounds great due to insecurity, it will just make governors mini tyrants.

I hope they put enough checks mechanism in the law that would set it up to mitigate abuse.

APC governors will just be using state police to rig elections.

In fact, I suspect the reason they are pushing for State Police is to have enough touts that would help execute 2027 elections seeing that nobody in his right senses would vote for them except their brainless supporters.

malali:
Clueless senators, ready to rubber stamp the president or a prominent elite.

They are not even aware they represent their constituencies, they have not discussed state police with the people who elected them.

Tinubu mentioned state police yesterday, the whole senate woke up today, and they are ready to "approve" it.

Presidential, legislative and the judiciary should be holding each other accountable, to provide checks and balances.

But in Nigeria, none of that exists.... Possible problems would be:

1-Potential for political interference and corruption.
2-Inadequate funding leading to poor resources and training.
3-Fragmentation of law enforcement, causing coordination issues.
4-Risk of abuse of power without strong oversight.
5-Exacerbation of ethnic and regional tensions.


Start slowly 80% federal police and 20% state police,Gradually over 6 years pullback till we have 10% Federal and 90% state, But there should always be federal oversight, Nigeria is too polarized to have every state having their own police.

If this government should turn to state police overnight, They are removing the subsidy on state security.

We are still in the turmoil of removed dollar and fuel subsidy. Anyone suggesting state police now is being delusional.

Earthquakes:
Hehehehe nothing can work in Nigeria until true federalism or separation.
Who is going to appoint the state police? Where does FG intervention stops??
How can state be controlling police and federal controlling Army and other departments, even when they are both under FG they fight shoot and kill themselves.
State governors will start using them for political purposes and silencing oppositions, naija na joke!

Penguin2:

“APC has never rigged election”

So, you agree that people in Rivers voted APC?

RichDaniels:


In as much as I agree with you, there's still no basis of logic that your argument makes as to why state police ain't needed. To start with, today the federal police is being used by the federal govt and states to abuse citizens, was it not Wike under Buhari era that took over 100 police officers to reign war on Oyinbo and neighbouring communities it serves, it took the courts to save the people of rivers from the issue. One thing that is certain is that the police, which it's primary duty is to protect lives and properties, has failed woefully in such. In fact, most communities are in dissary because of this vacuum.

Asswipemod:

Cretins everywhere.

AllenSpencer:


He made valid points.

You should have addressed his points instead of the insult

broadman20:



Mention any country in the world where governors have immunity and state police joined together.

You can never give a governor state police and immunity at the same time or most of you will regret later.

If they love NIGERIANs so much, let have the state police and let's remove their Immunity so that NIGERIANs can challenge their actions with power.

This is how most of you were shouting for State independent electoral commission and you have also seen its results after some years now.

I always wonder how this politicians beat you people in this game.

RichDaniels:


In as much as I agree with you, there's still no basis of logic that your argument makes as to why state police ain't needed. To start with, today the federal police is being used by the federal govt and states to abuse citizens, was it not Wike under Buhari era that took over 100 police officers to reign war on Oyinbo and neighbouring communities it serves, it took the courts to save the people of rivers from the issue. One thing that is certain is that the police, which it's primary duty is to protect lives and properties, has failed woefully in such. In fact, most communities are in dissary because of this vacuum.

PS712:

Enough of all these fears of state governors using their state police to have their way,..
They are almost totally using judiciary and the federal police as well as other security agencies anyway.
Insecurity is bringing this nation down to its knees, with state police communities can constitutionally have their say and way (to a large extent) when it comes to securing their territories. But right now, imagine aliens coming into communities with sophisticated weapons and all the communities do is to run away or perish while waiting on federal security agencies that may not turn up or arrive late. Enough of the fears that governors will abuse the opportunity. They will do, but the gains right now outweigh those fears. After all the governors can only constitutionally enjoy maximum 8years, that is all things being equal. Even if they install their stooges to takeover from them, the stooge having gained control may or may not continue to be loyal to the godfather.
We need security to be restored ASAP. Else we'll drown.

malali:


A mixture of Federal and state police, Start with 80% Federal and 20% state, then next 2 years make it 60% federal and 40% state.

Then gradually pullback till we have 10% Federal and 90% state, But there should always be federal oversight, Nigeria is too polarized to have every state having their own police.

If this government should turn to state police overnight, They are removing the subsidy on state security.

We are still in the turmoil of removed dollar and fuel subsidy. Anyone suggesting state police now is being delusional.

Globad:


Please how exactly is 80% federal and 20% state going to be implemented?

Penguin2:

My point is that we should rather stick to one tyrant than having 36 more mini tyrants.

But I agree that due to insecurity, state police has now become an existential necessity. But the law setting it up should try enough to foreclose every loophole that the governors might exploit to turn the police under their commands to their hit men against opposition figures.

You should understand what I’m talking about considering who Nigerian politicians are.