Can any law restrain Nigerian governors? By Tonnie Iredia

A few authoritative voices are beginning to make the rest of us think again about the state police issue. Until a week or so ago, some of us had no objection to the establishment of state police in Nigeria. Our position was influenced by the unending attacks on citizens particularly in rural communities. We had imagined that state police will bring in more hands into the fight against insecurity as the concept of state police will necessarily make each state see the need to protect its own boundaries.
It is not as if we were unaware of the likelihood of abuse of the concept by governors. Our assumption was that no matter the abuse that may occur along the line, let’s first reduce the t...