IGP, State Assemblies differ on State Police

Inspector General, Conference of Speakers at Odds over State Police Proposal - Lagos Television

A sharp divide emerged yesterday between Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun and the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly over ongoing calls for the establishment of state police in Nigeria. Speaking at a constitutional review dialogue on national security architecture—titled “Nigeria’s Peace and Security: The Constitutional Imperative”—Egbetokun strongly opposed the creation of state...

IG, speakers clash as state police debate intensifies

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly, on Monday, expressed divergent views on the advocacy for state police creation. While the police boss reiterated his earlier position that what the Nigeria Police Force needed to tackle the security challenges in the country was adequate funding, the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly, Debo Ogundoyin, call…

IGP, State Assemblies differ on State Police

By Tracy Moses The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly, Hon. Debo Ogundoyin, on Monday offered contrasting perspectives on the ongoing call for the creation of state police. While Egbetokun emphasized the need to strengthen and adequately fund the existing Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to fulfill its constitutional mandate, Ogundoyin argued that the country’s secu…