Goodluck Jonathan, the former Nigerian President on Monday at a one-day dialogue on State Police organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja on Monday, disclosed that there is no way Nigeria can have security if states do not have their police.
According to him, the issue is critical; there is no need to debate whether we need to have state police, but the operations, saying during the 2014 conference, the matter of State Police came up, all delegates supported alongside other proposed security measures.
The former president also noted that while the issue of State Police is being discussed, other measures must also be taken into consideration to make the country better, adding that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) operations must be rejigged while the use of Police in elections must be minimal.
Jonathan said the laws must be strong to eliminate the lacuna that may provide political actors to misuse the state police in their favour or intimidate political opponents.