State Police Won’t End Insecurity, Tackle Poverty First — ADP Chieftain Tells Tinubu

A United States-based entrepreneur and chieftain of the opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP), Chris Emejuru, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to proceed with caution over the proposed establishment of state policing in Nigeria.
Emejuru said tackling poverty should be the primary issue addressed in the country, adding that, “No amount of bullets, weapons, or tanks will put food in the stomach of a desperate youth. Once you address poverty in the country, insecurity will reduce.”
In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, Emejuru said if the incumbent government could devote as much effort to addressing poverty as it has to state policing, insecurity would re...