State police: Implement existing laws first, Senator Maidoki to FG

By Lawrence Agbo
The Senator representing Kebbi South Senatorial District, Garba Maidoki, has urged the Federal Government to prioritise the implementation of existing laws before pursuing a constitutional amendment to establish state police.
Maidoki said the effectiveness of any new security legislation would remain uncertain if laws already in force were not properly enforced.
Speaking on Politics Today, the senator questioned the assurance that a new legal framework for state police would be implemented when existing provisions had, in his view, not been put into practice.
“We have laws. Let’s practise what we have first so that we can see the difference and we can see the gap,...