The former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abubakar Tsav, has
reacted to the proposals and moves by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum
(NGF) on the creation of state police.
Tsav, who flayed the idea, said state police will turn into a weapon of intimidation by governors.
Speaking to journalists in Lagos yesterday, he said: “If the
governors have state police, they will do what they like. What causes
problems in our society is injustice. When peoples’ rights are
infringed, they go to the Police to seek justice, and when they don’t
get justice, a problem arises. We should not make the mistake of
allowing the governors to have state police.
“Doing that will amount to looking for trouble. A Police Commissioner
will be at the beck and call of a state governor. He will do whatever a
state governor wants him to do, and these governors are very desperate
and want to remain in power at all costs.
“When they have state Police, they can use it to harass and
intimidate their opponents. We are not yet ripe for state police. I
think what the governors should do is to support the Police by allowing
them to do their job without interference. When we are civilised, we can
start thinking about that but not now.”
It could be recalled that the NGF had set up a six man committee to formulate modalities on creation of state police.
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