Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna
The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Monday expressed its opposition to the creation of state police.
The 36 state governors had endorsed the creation of state police to, according to them, address rising insecurity in the country.
The governors’ endorsement was a follow-up after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo supported its creation.
However, the ACF noted that the creation of state police, as endorsed by the 36 state governors and Osinbajo, was a recipe for more crises.
The ACF’s Secretary General, Anthony Sani, in an interview with our correspondent in Kaduna, said if created, the various state governors would abuse it the way the state electoral commissions were being “bastardised.”
According to the ACF, sitting governors will use state police to torment perceived political enemies.
“Given the experiences where…
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