Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has spoken strongly about the security problems in Nigeria. In an interview with Trust TV from 16.06, he explained why the country needs state police. He said that the current number of police officers in Nigeria is not enough to protect everyone, especially in parts of the North West where there are large ungoverned lands.
According to Governor Sani, Nigeria used to have over 300,000 military personnel in the 1970s, but today the number is less. The police force is also fewer than 400,000 officers, which is not enough for a population of over 200 million people.
He explained that many areas are not properly guarded, which allows criminals and bandits to operate freely. To help solve this, he said he had sponsored a bill in the Senate to create state police. He believes that just like in America, Nigeria should have both federal and state police.
Governor Sani compared the idea of using local vigilantes to fight bandits with using trained police officers who are allowed to carry weapons like AK-47s. He said that if someone is from a place like Birnin Gwari, they would not allow bandits to harm their loved ones if they had proper training and were armed as police officers.
“Nobody would sit down in Birni Gwari. He is born in Birni Gwari, he’s Mother and father are from Birni Gwari; he will allow one bandit to come and rape his mother, sister, and wife and carry some to the bush when he’s a police officer with AK 47. It’s not possible,” the governor said, showing how serious he believes the matter is.
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