State Police: Nigerians divided as FG, governors mull options

DAILY POST

The call for the establishment of state police in Nigeria has gained traction in the last eight years.

Since 2015 when the All Progressives Congress, APC, upstaged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the presidential election, giving birth to the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, there has been an unprecedented level of insecurity in the country.

All kinds of criminal gangs, ranging from the Boko Haram Islamist sect to bandits, Fulani herdsmen militia, unknown gunmen, and most recently, kidnappers, have been killing, maiming, stealing, raping and destroying property, farms and people’s means of livelihood.

Nigerians say security, which is one of the primary responsibilities of government, is no longer guaranteed.

From east to west, north to south, the story is the same. Fulani herdsmen have killed hundreds of thousands of Nigerians in their sleep. The situation has continued to worsen, with other non-state actors like kidnappers and bandits complicating the situation.