Well, you can't eat your cake and have it. Its supposed to be the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We should have state police. Of course it won't be smooth-sailing at first but with time, it will achieve its objectives.



Besides, how can some people demand for a more equitable resource sharing formula along the lines of true federalism and then turn around to say state police should not be established and backed by law? The two are, among other things, features of federalism. Hate it or love it. Let them sling dane guns across their shoulders, You can't expect Rivers and Ebonyi to have the same standard of quality.



People need not panic about some perceived factors that may hinder state police. If votes count and leaders are accountable to the people, no one would want to abuse such power. The advantages of state police in a proper federation far outweigh its demerits.

As much as we desire State Police in Nigeria, and rightly so owing to the fact that the States cannot control the Commissioners of Police, who is only accountable to the Inspector General of Police, methinks our so-called leaders would misuse this vital instrument of a truly federal structure if given the chance.

Governors won't hesitate to use it to haunt their perceived opponents, whether real or imagined. We'll get there one day but right now, we are simply not ripe for State Police.

What in Nigeria is not misused, the legislative powers used to accrue stupendous renumerations? or the use of the netional police to rig elections? does dat mean we should stop legislating or delete our NPF? state policing is undisputably the best option, all we need is to create practical checks and balances to stop abuse of the state police force,