Abduction epidemic: Further delay of state police fatal

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Abduction epidemic: Further delay of state police fatal.


LONG relegated to the background because of politics, the call for state police is growing louder as Nigeria’s insecurity challenges threaten to overwhelm the country. The new converts include the Peoples Democratic Party governors, some northern groups, and a former National Security Adviser, Aliyu Gusau. Others like Wole Olanipekun (SAN), a former Nigerian Bar Association president, have reiterated the need for state police. They are all spot on. Although these groups are belated in their realisation of police devolution, further delay might be fatal for the Nigerian state.

In the recent past, security challenges have been threatening to boil over in the country. In their latest rampaging under President Bola Tinubu, bandits and terrorists have made life miserable for people in Plateau and Benue states, massacring about 250 persons and burning down properties. Kidnapping has assumed a worrisome dimension in the Federal Capital Territory. The latest are the breaches in Ekiti and Kwara states.

From the South-East to the South-West, and North-West to South-South, every part of the country is vulnerable to attacks. Civil society groups, under the aegis of the Civil Society Joint Action Group, said 17,000 Nigerians were abducted under the Muhammadu Buhari (2015-May 2023) and Bola Tinubu administrations. The coalition added that insecurity has persisted over the last three administrations. SBM Intelligence said 63,111 Nigerians were killed under Buhari. In Tinubu’s first eight months, the country has lost 2,423 Nigerians and 1,872 kidnapped.

The rising wave of abductions and killings across the country illustrates the impotence of Nigeria’s security structure. Illogically, the police system is currently centralised, weak and shorthanded. Criminals exploit this mercilessly. Citizens bear the brunt of the indecision and lack of foresight of those in government.

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