Senator Emmanuel Memga Udende representing, Benue North East Senatorial District has vowed to oppose the establishment of State Police, claiming that governors would use them against their politically opponents.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and State Governors had during their meeting in February 15 considered the possibility of setting up State Police, according to information Minister Mohammed Idris.
However, speaking with reporters in Abuja recently, Senator Undende, said personnel of State Police would be abused and used by governors to harass and intimidate their political opponents instead of using them to fight crime.
Responding to his recent motion where he demanded the probe of the annual recruitments into the Nigeria Police Force, which he claimed were always lopsided, Udende commended his colleagues for supporting the motion and pledged to follow up the Red Chamber’s resolution concerning the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force.
He insisted that the alleged lopsidedness in the police recruitment excercises would not make him subcribe to the idea of State Police.
He further alleged that some governors might convert them to object of coercion to silent their opponents.
Udende said: “Former President Muhammadu Buhari, in order to stem the tide of indequate personnel in NPF approved a yearly recruitments of 10,000 policemen”.
-9News Nigeria.
