Human rights lawyer Monday Ubani suggests that the country should not hasten the establishment of state police but rather make it an optional measure.
On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu and governors convened to discuss the potential implementation of state police as a means to combat insecurity.
However, Ubani has urged for careful consideration and proposed a solution to address concerns regarding potential misuse by governors if state police forces are established.
“My answer to that is that we must try as much as possible to make the law to be very robust. What do I mean by that? We must create a system in which we state what constitutes an abuse by the state agencies. If there is any likelihood of abuse in any place we have allowed for the policing system, then this and this will apply,” he said on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
The former vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said: “We must also make it optional.
“That is very important because any state that wants to run a state policing system must have the requisite funding, make sure that we have the requisite number of police and all the things that they require in terms of kitting, welfare, and all the instruments they will use in order to ensure effective policing system in the various states will be made available.”