….seek Executive Order to give Governors control of Police
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA– Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, have flayed President Muhammadu Buhari’s support for open grazing, as well as, his position that governors should take care of security situations in their states.
In separate interviews with Saturday Vanguard, the legal luminaries, urged President Buhari to jettison his decision to re-establish grazing routes across the federation.
They argued that though the 1999 Constitution, as amended, guaranteed freedom of movement for citizens, such freedom was not extended to castles.
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Besides, the learned silks noted that though state governors are referred to as Chief Security Officers of their state, they however do not have any control over either the police or the military.
According to Mr. Dayo Akinlaja, SAN, who is a constitutional…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
