President Tinubu, Governors Mull Creation of State Police Over Insecurity

The Federal Government and the 36 state governors have met to discuss the issues of state police to curb insecurity in the country.

Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, today, told State House correspondents that there was a discussion “around the issue of state police”.

He said the federal government and the state governments are mulling the possibility of setting up state police, adding that it was “still going to be further discussed”.

He described the discussion along the line as a major shift considering that the Nigerian government under previous administrations had vehemently opposed the idea of state police.

Idris said there would be more meetings and work done to achieve it.

You will recall that there were earlier reports that President Tinubu had scheduled to hold a crucial meeting with governors from all 36 states at the Presidential Villa on Thursday morning.

The meeting was scheduled to be held before the President would depart for the African Union meeting in Ethiopia.

Tinubu will today depart for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU)

On the margins of the summit, the President will also attend an extraordinary summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in his capacity as the Chairman of the regional body.

He will be accompanied on the trip by some ministers and other top government officials, and he is expected to return to Abuja following the summit’s conclusion.