The African Democratic Congress has criticized the Tinubu administration’s handling of the state police bill, describing the sudden legislative push as a rushed and panicky response to Nigeria’s worsening security crisis.
While the party clarified that it has always supported decentralized policing to reflect the country’s federal system, it strongly rejected the government’s approach.
The opposition party argued that creating state police is too important to be reduced to a quick legislative fix without the broad public consultation and careful planning required to build an accountable institution.
In a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party questioned the sincerity of the administration’s timing. The ADC pointed out that decentralized policing is an old conversation in Nigeria and accused the government of trying to package an existing national consensus as a bold new initiative to score cheap political points.
The party expressed worry that the bill
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