Shehu Sani,a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, says the idea of state police is a recipe for anarchy.
Sani, was commenting on moves by the federal government and state governors to establish state police on his X handle.
According to him, state police cannot solve the security challenges in the country adding that it will be an armed wing of the ruling party in the states.
Sani said, there is no magic that state police can perform which the military, police, and civil defence cannot perform.
“The state police will be used by the governors to persecute the opposition, to harass ‘non indigenes’ to rig elections and to counter the federal police in case of conflict of interest between the federal government and the state.
“Most of the state ruling party thugs will be recruited into the state police.
“The idea that state police will solve all the security problems in the country is a mirage.
“What magic can the state police perform that the military, police and civil defence couldn’t.
“The state police will simply be an armed wing of the ruling party of each state. Its a recipe for anarchy”, he said on his X handle.
President Bola Tinubu had on February 15, 2024, met with state governors in Abuja during which they considered the possibility of setting up state police to tackle the security challenges facing the country.
Shehu Sani: State police is a recipe for anarchy
