Niger Senator rejects state Police, says it’ll be abused

The Senator representing Niger East, Sani Musa, on Monday rejected the proposed establishment of state Police in the country, saying the outfit will be subjected to ‘political abuse.’

Musa spoke in Kano shortly after the deliberations at the just-concluded Retreat of the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Musa, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, however, supported the autonomy for local governments in the country, describing it as very important.

The lawmaker also stated his position on the creation of a system of federalism in the country.

According to him, the country has been demarcated into zones based on connecting sub-national states.

He said: “I am no longer in support of what we want to do in creating State Police.

”I just took a sample of the Community State Policing that we said we have introduced.

”It’s not working, look at the infrastructure , look at the photography of the people that work, it’s not balanced. It will only create a problem for this country.

“There will be political abuse, there will be corruption, ethnic, religious or zonal bias and disparities.”