The All Progressives Congress (APC) has given conditions by which it would support the clamour for the establishment of state police across the country.

Speaking through Salihu Lukman, Director-General of its Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), on Friday in Abuja, the ruling party said it would only allow state police to operate if it was under the supervision and control of the federal police.

“There are conditions that must be met before any decision to establish state police can serve as a good response to Nigeria’s security challenges.

“This includes the requirement that processes of regulating the operations of the state police should be centralised as part of the functions of the federal police.

“Under that, for instance, issues of recruitment, qualification, background checks for those to be recruited, enforcement of disciplinary requirements, arms procurement and training for weapon handling among others, should be handled at federal level,” Mr Lukman said.

Making comparisons with higher institutions and the National University Commission (NUC), Mr Lukman said the situation would be like how the NUC serves as the regulatory body, enforcing standards across all Nigerian universities.

On the issue of funding, he said that there was also a need for a new arrangement once the creation of state police was considered, to ensure that they operated effectively. According to him, such arrangements should insulate the operations of the federal police.

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“Under that, for instance, issues of recruitment, qualification, background checks for those to be recruited, enforcement of disciplinary requirements, arms procurement and training for weapon handling among others, should be handled at federal level,” Mr Lukman said.




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Wicked, devilish and evil party.

That is no longer a state police if they still have to take orders from Abuja. State police should be under the state governments with clearly defined roles that are backed by law.
The best thing is to restructure the whole system from the ground up.

Then why is it being called state police? Many imbeciles full this govt.Same FG that failed to provide security telling sane people that "Only God can police Nigeria"? as if people voted for God.

This is simply because they want to implant their terrorists and continue the islamization agenda. State police has worked in the US why is it not working in Nigeria?

It's no longer state police if it's under the supervision of the federal government.

Laslas, una go learn how to solve una problems. And if una like, make una no solve am. The rest of the world is moving on. Na una sabi

This devilish party with zero ideology

What is the need if the FG will still be in charge of it? So that they'd still be using them to intimidate people questioning their ineptitude....

Imbecilic statements from numbskulls

Racoon:
Then why is it being called state police? Many imbeciles full this govt.Same FG that failed to provide security telling sane people that "Only God can police Nigeria"? as if people voted for God.

LThis is simply because they want to implant their terrorists and continue the islamization agenda. State police has worked in the US why is it not working in Nigeria?

So, when did Salihu Lukman start speaking for APC? Gazette or whatever that lying platform is called is notorious for fake news and spinning together unrelated news to achieve an ulterior motive. This is one of their numerous fake news.

Whatever the case is, the issue of state police is not a party decision. If it was something that’s easy to do, it would have been done in the 16 inglorious years of PDP.

As governor of Lagos state, Tinubu fought fiercely for the creation of state police but PDP did everything possible to prevent it. So, this is not one area you PDP guys can start talking. Obasanjo, Yar’adua and Jonathan had the chance to create state police but failed to do it for selfish reasons. I support state police but this is one area PDP should take the back seat.

anything entrusted to APC will fail. they are a bunch of disaster

All these senile old fo0ls that are complete illiterates. If state police is controlled by FG ...how is it State policing? Smh.

Is the APC as a party now the decision maker of what is to be done to safeguard the lives of over 200million Nigerians...??


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So APC is now an eternal party that will live forever as long as the earth remains

This is foolish drunkness of power that Nigerian politicians imbibe when the rots and ravaging evils are in their favour.

You want to make the state police to be under the control of abokis? That will not work. The governors should set up state police without recourse to the FG of the Fulanis. Self defense is an inalienable right.

seunmsg:


So, when did Salihu Lukman start speaking for APC? Gazette or whatever that lying platform is called is notorious for fake news and spinning together unrelated news to achieve an ulterior motive. This is one of their numerous fake news.

Whatever the case is, the issue of state police is not a party decision. If it was something that’s easy to do, it would have been done in the 16 inglorious years of PDP.

As governor of Lagos state, Tinubu fought fiercely for the creation of state police but PDP did everything possible to prevent it. So, this is not one area you PDP guys can start talking. Obasanjo, Yar’adua and Jonathan had the chance to create state police but failed to do it for selfish reasons. I support state police but this is one area PDP should take the back seat.

You better keep quiet your ignorant understanding.. Pdp never campaigned with state police but APC does and yet couldn't do it even after 6 years.. We can't count state police as one of pdp failures but we can as one of apc failure cos it's one of your campaign promises (Restricting)...

What kind of confused party is this. Imagine the current structure not working under the federal government and a party still canvassing for the same structure in different form. It is only a MAD man that will be doing the same thing expecting a different result !!