State Police: Tinubu lacks moral authority, public trust — PRP

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, on Thursday opposed plans by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to establish state police through a constitutional amendment, declaring that the Federal Government lacks the moral authority and public trust needed to undertake such a far-reaching reform of Nigeria’s policing structure.
The party maintained that while Nigeria urgently needs reforms to strengthen its security architecture, the current administration lacks the level of public confidence required to drive such a fundamental change.
In a statement by its National Chairman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the PRP said the push for state police was coming at a time...