{"id":117263,"date":"2024-04-28T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam"},"modified":"2024-04-28T23:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T22:12:56","slug":"state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam","title":{"rendered":"State police will worsen security situation in Nigeria \u2013 Suswam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, has kicked against the establishment of State Police, declaring that Nigeria would \u201cgo down\u201d if governors had such powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t support the idea of having a Police Force controlled by the governors. It is not good for Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Inspector-General of Police has said that Nigeria is not matured for State Police. I agree with him totally,\u201d Suswam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday<\/p>\n

He argued that the governors shall use the outfits to deal with political opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a governor for eight years and know the power the governors wield. If you add state police to them, the security situation will get just worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Suswam cited the governors\u2019 attitude to local government elections to prove his claims that they were dictators.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocal Governments are placed under the states and governors conduct elections into the councils.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ruling party always pick all the seats and won\u2019t allow the opposition to pick even a councillorship seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo perfect such a dictatorship, they use the federal police. Imagine what will happen when they have a state police force under their armpits,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

He recalled that the Native Police in the then Northern Nigeria was disbanded because of its arbitrariness and misuse of power.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardline attitude of the Native Police will be a child\u2019s play when compared with what state governors could do with a police force totally under their control,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He, however, agreed that some governors would use the state police positively, but that majority of them would misuse such force.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, the state police will breed crises and there will always be a clash between the state and federal police which may breed more insecurity and confusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He expressed fears about where the states could recruit the state policemen from.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is unemployment everywhere; there is criminality around. There are also thugs ready for any assignment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tendency is for governors to recruit these people and throw them at the society. When that happens, imagine what we shall all face,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Suswam opted for community policing to help local settlements monitor the movement of people in, and around, their areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunities can have teams that can monitor their areas and report the presence of strangers and suspicious movements.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch teams could be empowered to use some force, when necessary, to apprehend suspicious persons and hand them over to the Police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should also have proper orientation to know their powers and appreciate their limits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Suswam urged the government to fund the Police Force properly and give them modern tools to fight crime in the society.<\/p>\n

He urged the National Assembly to look at the idea critically and place national interest above the desires of state governors.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, has kicked against the establishment of State Police, declaring that Nigeria would \u201cgo down\u201d if governors had such powers. \u201cI won\u2019t support the idea of having a Police Force controlled by the governors. It is not good for Nigeria. \u201cThe Inspector-General of Police has said that Nigeria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":117262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254,165,6813],"class_list":["post-117263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-police","tag-suswam"],"yoast_head":"\nState police will worsen security situation in Nigeria \u2013 Suswam - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, has kicked against the establishment of State Police, declaring that Nigeria woul ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State police will worsen security situation in Nigeria \u2013 Suswam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, has kicked against the establishment of State Police, declaring that Nigeria woul ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-28T20:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-28T22:12:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714325884.462341.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1278\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"State police will worsen security situation in Nigeria \u2013 Suswam\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-28T20:04:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-28T22:12:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam\"},\"wordCount\":490,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714325884.462341.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\",\"Suswam\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/state-police-will-worsen-security-situation-in-nigeria-suswam\",\"name\":\"State police will worsen security situation in Nigeria \u2013 Suswam - 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