Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that it is only the establishment of state police that can end inseurity in Nigeria.
He disclosed this on Monday at the ongoing dialogue on state police organized by the House of Representatives in Abuja.
Jonathan, who was president from 2010-2015, noted that the conversation must shift to the prevention of abuse by governors.
He explained that most times governors abuse institutions, however, the challenges are not sufficient to stop the creation of state police.
The former president pointed out state police was widely accepted by the delegates at the 2014 Confab.
“We can only end kidnapping and other forms of insecurity through the creation of state police,” Jonathan said.
Meanwhile, Jonathan’s stance stood at variance with the position of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, who opposed the establishment of state police.
Remarking, the Deputy Speaker of the House, Ben Kalu, had earlier maintained that the current security situation in Nigeria requires a multilayer approach to insecurity.
He stressed that over N5 billion has been paid in ransoms to kidnappers, a figure that starkly exposes the alarming growth of this criminal enterprise in the country.
