The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said governors lack the constitutional powers to issue operational directives to security agencies, arguing that their role in addressing insecurity is largely limited despite being designated as chief security officers of their states.
Makinde stated this on Friday while speaking with journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with Bauchi State Governor and APM leader in the state, Bala Mohammed, at the Government House, Bauchi.
The Oyo governor said state governors could neither direct the police, the Department of State Services (DSS) nor the military without approval from their respective national authorities, stressing why state policing is the right call.
“I cannot give an instruction to the Commissioner of Police in the state. He will need to get approval from the Inspector-General of Police. I cannot give an instruction to the state
