The African Democratic Congress has faulted the President Bola Tinubu-led government’s push for state police, describing the proposed legislation as a hurried response to Nigeria’s worsening insecurity rather than a carefully planned constitutional reform.
In a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said although it has consistently supported the creation of state police, the reform cannot succeed without the institutional safeguards needed to ensure professionalism, accountability and effective oversight.
The opposition party argued that state police should not be presented as an immediate solution to the country’s growing challenges of terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.
“The African Democratic Congress supports state police. We have always believed that Nigeria’s policing architecture must evolve to reflect the realities of our federal system. But support for state police cannot be confused with support for the Tinubu administration’s handling of this important national reform,” the statement said.
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