State Police: Zamfara Is Already Bearing The Cost

By Suleman Ahmad Tudu
The Nigerian Senate has recently passed a Bill establishing both the Federal and State Police. The realities that necessitated this landmark constitutional amendment are too glaring to ignore.
Over the years, Nigeria has faced multidimensional security challenges: separatist violence in the Southeast, insurgency in the Northeast, communal clashes in the North Central, cultism and armed robbery in the Southwest, militancy and vandalism in the South-South, and the devastating banditry and kidnapping in the Northwest.
The threats are varied, entrenched, and nationwide. The hard reality is that nowhere is safe in Nigeria today, and no one is spared. Even areas once...