From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Former Secretary General, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, has kicked against the establishment of state police as proposed by the Federal Government.
Sani in a statement on Saturday noted that if state police is eventually created, governors would abuse it by using the police under their command as attack dogs against political opponents, especially during electioneering.
The Federal Government had at the executive council meeting penultimate Thursday hinted that it might create state police to combat the nation’s growing level of insecurity.
The president and governors have agreed on working out the modalities for the setting up of state police.
However, the ACF chieftain said the state police idea could not function effectively if the operators were not properly trained, fully equipped and well motivated to fight criminalities.
He further expressed fears that if governors could manipulate federal police personnel to their advantage, state police would become an automatic and easy ride for them whenever the need arose.
“State police whose personnel are ill trained and not fully equipped as well as not well motivated cannot be the magic wand in securing the nation.
“There is also (the) problem of abuse by state governors reminiscent of how state electoral commissions have been abused to kill democ