State police: Panacea against insecurity

TIIME was when Nigeria was grappling with an upsurge in armed robbery and a special police unit,  the anti-robery squardron was created, its members given special training and later deployed to every state of the federation to curb the menace. At the time, while the battle raged between armed robbers and the police, innocent Nigerians were at the receiving end. However,  the robbery incidents thawed when the police high police command at that time started ensuring that arrested robbers were brought before the media to confess their crime. This helped to reduce crime rate as criminals dislike being paraded before the press and before the members of the public. Examples were the case of ...