The National Executive Council (NEC) has given the states yet to submit their reports on the proposal for the creation of state police to do so on or before Monday, September 9.
It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had on Thursday, February 15, 2024, agreed with the need to establish state police as recommended by state governors to curb rising insecurity in the country.
States were thereafter directed to submit their reports to the council for deliberation and action.
Disclosing the NEC’s ultimatum on the matter to journalists at the end of the Council’s 143rd meeting at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday, the acting governor of Oyo state, Bayo Lawal, said failure by the four states yet to bring in their reports by Monday would mean whatever decision the Council arrives at would be imposed on them.
Though Lawal refused to mention those states involved, the investigation revealed that they were Adamawa, Sokoto, Kwara, Kebbi, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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He said: “An update on the establishment of State police was considered and this was as a result of the security situation challenges that we have across the nation in Northeast, Northcentral, southwest, Southeast and south-south.
“So that we would have robust security in our nation, for that purpose sometime last year NEC considered the establishment of state police and asked states to make submissions of considerations
“Today all the states were supposed to submit for consideration of the NEC. Incidentally, four states couldn’t submit for that purpose. NEC decided that those states must make their submissions on or before Monday 9th September otherwise whatever decision NEC takes on the establishment of State police is binding on those states that refused to submit.”
