Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has said that the recently proposed state police may not work in Nigeria.
According to the Borno lawmaker, state police will be abused by governors.
In an interview with ChannelsTV on Wednesday evening, Ndume noted that Nigeria is currently battling with a situation where the population is far greater than the number of security personnel.
He urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to withdraw orderlies attached to politicians and other Very Important Persons (VIPs).
According to the Borno senator, Nigeria needs about two million policemen and 500 soldiers for its population.
“I won’t vote for state police if it comes up in the constitution amendment process because it would be abused by governors,” Ndume said.
“I support that they should take away all their police (officer). One Senator will be going around with 10 policemen, seven, members of House of Reps, everybody. That is for those who are mobile. Some even give security to their wives, others give security to their children. I am against that.”
He urged President Bola Tinubu to give security agencies a blank cheque, give them all they want in terms of funding and weapons to fight the menace of banditry, kidnapping and insurgency.
Ndume said the President should empower the police to increase their manpower to two million men and the military to 500 thousand.
“Let’s have like two million policemen and 500 thousand soldiers,” he said.
