Chai! E be like say dem don finally open eye for Naija matter o! Na this weekend, some major cultural bodies like Afenifere, Ohanaeze, and Arewa youths come join hand talk say na time we need state police for Naija.

For as long as I fit remember, people don dey argue this state police matter. Some dey fear say if we allow state police, governors fit turn am to political tool wey dem go use for their personal agenda. But that one no fit stop progress, abi?

As e be, for February 15, 2024, President Bola Tinubu gather all the governors for Abuja talk say we fit use state police to help tackle the wahala wey dey ground. Some folks dey hail am, while others dey shake their head, dey ask if we really fit trust our governors with such power.

According to daily reports from the National Assembly, dem don dey prepare State Police Constitution Alteration Bill wey go soon enter vote stage. If dem fit pass am, e go mean say every state fit create their own police wey go fit deal with local security issues. Na wetin we need sha!

Afenifere’s mouthpiece, Comrade Jare Ajayi, yan say, ‘Naija don ready for state police!’ Him talk say e no agree with those wey dey fear, insisting say if we no fit empower governors with security apparatus, how dem go fit protect their people? E make sense, right?

Meanwhile, Ohanaeze Ndigbo dey consider how some northern governors fit use state police to plot against Tinubu come 2027. Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro talk say without serious police reforms, we fit wake up one day dey hear say some governors don use state police to manipulate elections. That one fit no too sweet.

But wait o, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum President, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, talk say this new police structure go allow dem handle insurgency and banditry well well. E suggest say kin local police wey sabi the area go help, as dem go know the people and di gist wey dey happen for dem locality.

The concern wey plenty people dey carry na how to stop governors from abusing their powers if we create state police. Shettima advice say dem need set strict rules and regulations on how to run the police. No wahala should dey this one o!

Afenifere’s Ajayi still talk say make the federal government trace and prosecute those wey dey sponsor terrorism. Him believe say the reason we dey face this wahala na because dem dey back by people wey dey high places. If dem fit finnd dem culprits, e go help to reduce insecurity.

As things dey unfold, we dey hope say di National Assembly fit see reason to pass dis state police bill wey fit help tackle our security wahala. Abeg make we no dey carry last for dis matter o, because this one fit mean life or death for some folks.