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State police operatives, who will be recruited from local communities, know the people, terrain and even the criminals. This will significantly improve our response to banditry, kidnapping and other crimes.

— Ibrahim Jibrin

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This is a balanced, consultative initiative built on safeguards and aimed at bringing policing closer to the people.

The North stands to benefit significantly. This initiative is designed to bring lasting peace to the worst-hit areas.

We must re-engineer our security architecture to better protect lives and property while guarding against abuse.

If state police are used for intimidation or actions that threaten lives and property, the President has the constitutional authority to intervene and direct the Federal Police to take over.

President Tinubu carefully studied the situation and discovered that while many Nigerians support state police, there are fears that it could be abused or misused for political or ethnic purposes. That is why safeguards have been built into the system.

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