Insecurity: State police won’t fix Nigeria’s crisis, Ezekwesili warns

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Former Minister of Education and founder of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has warned that the creation of state police, though necessary, will not address Nigeria’s worsening security and governance challenges unless it is backed by comprehensive constitutional restructuring.
Ezekwesili made the assertion in a public memorandum addressed to President Bola Tinubu, the Senate, House of Representatives, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Nigerian people, which she shared on her X account.
She argued that Nigeria’s persistent insecurity is rooted more in structural and constitutional defects than in the absence of dec...