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Peter Obi's problem is that he sees State police force interfering with the elections that are slated for mid January 2027.

We are just 5 months to the end of the year and from there 2 weeks into the general elections .

Which state can have in place a state police before the elections ?

It will take at least 2months before state assemblies working overtime can agree to a document on state policing framework and that's if the governor ascends to it.

Then there is the issue of staffing.

Giringori thinks state policing is like setting up his village vigilante outfits where every misfit and village nuisance gets to be village cop .


Would be Police officers will have to be screened by DSS and pre approved to attend Police training college and/or university.

This will take time before the first batch are ready for commissioning.

Then there's the issue of funding.

No state has accommodated for State Police in their 2026 budget and most will require much needed counterpart funding from the FG which will be tied to meeting the criteria set by the constitution , state assembly and Police Service Commission.

How about arming ? The governors can not import weapons for state police force. This will have to be through the office of the NSA and before that can happen , the state police force must have met all criteria before hand by way of enabling legislation and proper staffing alongside put in place a firearms audit system.

As I said it will take at least 2-3ys for states to have a duly legally backed and recognised state policing force.

For Giringori to even consider that the amendment is targeting 2027 just shows his own projection on what he will do with such powers as an executive governor and also exposes his gross ignorance about the bill he is blindly criticizing.

In writing all this you forget one HUGE thing :
THIS IS NIGERIA!!

QuinQQ:
In writing all this you forget one HUGE thing :
THIS IS NIGERIA!!

My friend, no state Police can be up and running before the elections.

Tell Peter Obi to stop projecting his inner tyrant.

I'm glad to see you putting your mind reading skills to good use such that you know what Obi is thinking and what his problem is.

It would have been nice if you'd included what Obi said that made you think your mind reading is accurate, but I guess that's asking for far too much.

budaatum:
I'm glad to see you putting your mind reading skills to good use such that you know what Obi is thinking and what his problem is.

It would have been nice if you'd included what Obi said that made you think your mind reading is accurate, but I guess that's asking for far too much.

Your Giringori has a topic dedicated to his latest foolishness in which he claimed that State police bill is being rushed so that it can be deployed to rig the upcoming 2027 elections.

By that statement , Giringori is totally ignorant (or should I say igborant) on how legislative and regulatory compliance needs to be met before any state police force is fully operational.

This is not Agulu Autonomous Kingdom village vigilante group that is being set up that they recruit every misfit and never do wells into its folds.


We are talking of a constitutionally backed and highly regulated policing outfit.
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DomPerignon:
My friend, no state Police can be up and running before the elections.

Tell Peter Obi to stop projecting his inner tyrant.

You must not live in this country. Do you know how long it takes to become a bishop? People that produced a bunch of bishops within a week cannot produce ordinary police in months. Stop smoking that thing you smoking

budaatum:
I'm glad to see you putting your mind reading skills to good use such that you know what Obi is thinking and what his problem is.

It would have been nice if you'd included what Obi said that made you think your mind reading is accurate, but I guess that's asking for far too much.

Going by what Nigerians have seen so far, there is no guarantee that this administration can resist the temptation to take advantage of state policing to influence the 2027 general election by proxy. In view of that possibility and the danger it poses to the polity, it is necessary to defer its implementation until after the general election.

The above quote is what Obi stated as part of rejecting State policing

His ignorance is only compounded by his myopia.

To even narrow it down to 2027 elections without understanding the hurdles states must pass before they can have a duly recognised police force and the fact that he doesn't know that a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step , shows how highly ignorant he is on the whole process to establishing state police and how myopic he is that he can't phantom that certain things require long term planning.

QuinQQ:
You must not live in this country. Do you know how long it takes to become a bishop? People that produced a bunch of bishops within a week cannot produce ordinary police in months. Stop smoking that thing you smoking

That's your own miracle centre seminary for you.

The State Police will be subjected to federal regulation via the Ministry of Police Affairs, Police Service Commission and office of the NSA.

Every would be Police officer must be screened by DSS before embarking in a mandatory police training course.

This will take time beyond January 2027 election date.

So your Obi is just expressing his ignorance on the bill and is also exposing how myopic he is to think state policing is akin to setting up village vigilante group.

He is not even aware that no state has budgeted for such in this year's 2026 budget and the FG won't be releasing money as counterpart funding to states if they don't meet the minimum barest criteria set by the ammended Police act.

Your Obi is just too foolish abeg.

DomPerignon:
Your Giringori has a topic dedicated to his latest foolishness in which he claimed that State police bill is being rushed so that it can be deployed to rig the upcoming 2027 elections.

Your mind reading skills might be exemplary but your comprehension skills are definitely suspect, because Obi never "claimed", though correct me if you have other sources, "that State police bill is being rushed so that it can be deployed to rig the upcoming 2027 elections".

His words, which I have quoted for your consideration below, are not a "claim", but things to be considered "In view of that possibility and the danger it poses to the polity".

But I guess you don't consider his concern a possibility in any state because we Nigerians are very honest and law abiding and our elections are not a win or die trying affair.

Going by what Nigerians have seen so far, there is no guarantee that this administration can resist the temptation to take advantage of state policing to influence the 2027 general election by proxy. In view of that possibility and the danger it poses to the polity, it is necessary to defer its implementation until after the general election.
https://www.nairaland.com/8698525/state-police-commendable-step-peter#139835545

You make me wonder what you'd be saying if it were not your own preferred candidate introducing this now.

Notwithstanding, it has to be introduced by someone sometime but the process must be scrutinised, which is what those raising concerns and issues now are doing so we don't weep when we rush to implement it badly.

DomPerignon:
That's your own miracle centre seminary for you.

The State Police will be subjected to federal regulation via the Ministry of Police Affairs, Police Service Commission and office of the NSA.

Every would be Police officer must be screened by DSS before embarking in a mandatory police training course.

This will take time beyond January 2027 election date.

So your Obi is just expressing his ignorance on the bill and is also exposing how myopic he is to think state policing is akin to setting up village vigilante group.

He is not even aware that no state has budgeted for such in this year's 2026 budget and the FG won't be releasing money as counterpart funding to states if they don't meet the minimum barest criteria set by the ammended Police act.

Your Obi is just too foolish abeg.

See ignorance. All these state vigilantes with heavy guns, what's the big difference between them and state police? Is the Federal government not run by Nigerians? If Tinubu wants to turn MC Oluomo outfit into Lagos State Police tomorrow, WHAT will stop him??

QuinQQ:
See ignorance. All these state vigilantes with heavy guns, what's the big difference between them and state police? Is the Federal government not run by Nigerians? If Tinubu wants to turn MC Oluomo outfit into Lagos State Police tomorrow, WHAT will stop him??

And did Tinubu turn MC Oluomo to a Police officer?

No.

Tinubu has gone to get the needed legal backing to ensure your thieving governors can now have no excuse why kidnappers ,armed robbers , and all sort of criminals are running wild in your state.

DomPerignon:
And did Tinubu turn MC Oluomo to a Police officer?

No.

Tinubu has gone to get the needed legal backing to ensure your thieving governors can now have no excuse why kidnappers ,armed robbers , and all sort of criminals are running wild in your state.

Tinubu went to school in US and spent years there. Everything you see him trying to implement is direct copy of US but with him still trying to maintain Federal control. In the US any autonomous government entity like town or city or state can establish Police (if they can afford it) WITHOUT oversight from anyone. Sometimes they have corruption - governors and mayors have been fined or gone to jail for using police for various unauthorized acts. Problem is that in Nigeria that will become the norm and nobody will go to jail for doing it - because Nigeria is totally corrupt. That's what WILL definitely happen and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.