Kwankwaso's Strong Ally Knocks Tinubu Over Security Reforms
- Buba Galadima criticised President Tinubu's proposal for state police as a potential political weapon
- The Constitution Alteration Bill requires a two-thirds majority for approval across state assemblies
- Public reactions have revealed division over state police, with arguments for and against its implementation
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Buba Galadima, a strong ally of Rabiu Kwankwaso, the vice presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has condemned the move by President Bola Tinubu to establish state police in Nigeria.
President Tinubu had formally transmitted the Constitution Alteration Bill, which sought the creation of the State Police Service. The Senate is expected to debate the bill on Wednesday, during its emergency sittings.
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When the National Assembly passes the bill, it will be transmitted to the state Houses of Assembly for ratification. He stressed that the bill will require a two-thirds majority of the 36 state assemblies before the president could assent to it.
The move has been welcomed by the majority of the lawmakers and governors in the country, but Galadima, while speaking in an interview on AriseTV on Tuesday, June 30, posited that the state police would be used to suppress the opposition during the election.
His statement reads in part:
"Nobody ever conceived the idea of state police to sort out security. If the police and military cannot solve security situations in Nigeria, I wonder how the state police will be able to do that. All that we know is that the president and governors are looking for state police before the elections so that they can use them as political thugs to attack the opposition."
Nigerians react as Kwankwaso's ally criticises state police
Galadima's claim has started generating reactions from Nigerians. Below are some of their comments:
Mo Mo faulted Kwankwaso's ally over failure to read the details of the proposal:
"This just goes to show that this idiot either didn't even bother to read the documents to know the implementation period is 24 months, or he knows this, but he knows his audience are too stupid to know this, so he had to put this stupid statement out anyway."
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Adebayo Salako knocks the NDC chieftain:
"What is it that some of these northern reactionary politicians are always at variance with any progressive steps in this country? State police can not come into effect in six months' time, due to the long legislative process of passing an enabling law and putting together a framework."
Johnson Ibe explained what state police is all about:
"What state police is all about is for indigenous peoples from the state to take care of their security! All police officers should return to their state of origin. Federal police should be working alongside the state police. It will help to stop extortion and criminality."
Temitope said Galadima's statement was irresponsible:
"Very irresponsible thing to say. These people have no idea how security works. Policing is a community thing. You can’t second an officer from so many miles away and expect him to fully understand the nooks and crannies of a locality. Trust, familiarity, and stake are important in policing."
See the video of the interview on X here:
Presidency defends Tinubu on Obi's attacks
Legit.ng earlier reported that the presidency has disclosed that the NDC 2027 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was ignorant about the power-generating capacity of Nigeria.
Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, made the claim while responding to Obi's criticism of President Bola Tinubu.
According to Onanuga, the problem of Nigeria's electricity is not a shortage of gas, while disclosing the actual headache of Tinubu's administration.
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