A former lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani, has described the proposed establishment of state police in the country as a mirage and a recipe for anarchy.
Sani stated this in a post via his verified X handle.
You will recall that the Federal Government had recently hinted about the likelihood of embracing state police.
The development followed an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and state governors at the Aso Rock Villa.
The meeting was a sequel to the recent hike in food prices, economic hardship, and pockets of insecurity recorded nationwide.
Reacting to the development, the former lawmaker expressed worry that state police will be an armed wing of the ruling party of each state.
He stated that 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 cases of conflict of interest between the federal government and the state.
He also noted that most of the state ruling party thugs will be recruited into the state police.