The Deputy Spokesman, House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has expressed pessimism over the state police proposal.
The Minister of Information, and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, had while giving account of what went down at Thursday’s emergency meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu with Vice-president, state governors, ministers, National Security Adviser, and Inspector General of Police among those in attendance over dire-economic situation and insecurity said, “The Federal Government and state governments are mulling the possibility of setting up state police. Of course, this is still going to be further discussed, a lot of work still has to be done in that direction. But the Federal Government and state governments are agreeing to the necessity of having state policy.”
This, to Deputy Spokesman of the Green Chamber did not call for celebration.
Agbese in an interview with Punchng said state police in Nigeria would be fraught with troubles it if it comes to fruition.
He claimed political office holders would use it as an instrument of oppressing opposition.
“That (adopting state police) will throw the country into the state of anarchy and confusion, because state police will be worse than what we are experiencing at the moment, when politicians will arm people to kill their political opponents.
“We ought to wait for proper constitutional amendment before we take that kind of drastic step. The position of the House is that if a bill is not presented, we don’t speak on it, but my personal opinion as a representative of the people, is that state police is going to be another call for anarchy, and we will witness more killings in the country,” the publication quoted him as saying.
