State police will curb insecurity, says Kaduna APC Guber candidate

From Femi  Oyelola, Kaduna

The Kaduna  State gubernatorial candidate of All  Progressives Congress  (APC) for next year’s election, Senator Uba Sani has opined that the creation of state police in the country will help in no small measure to arrest the security challenges the country is facing.

He made  the observation yesterday while interacting with newsmen at the Secretariat of the Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

The gubernatorial candidate noted that the presence of illegal arms across the country is so worrisome that insecurity is in the increased in parts of the country.

According to the gubernatorial candidate,

“The creation of state police will increase the number of those that will effectively man the incursion of people with evil intentions to kill and destroy valuable property.

” The state police will also give the governors the ability to be able to use them to arrest danger that may arise in any part of the state for the sustenance of peaceful coexistence.”

He added that the creation of the state police as seen in the United States would enable state governors to be on top of their game as chief security officers in their respective jurisdictions, stressing that it would go a long way to curtail the activities of some elements that are bent to may life miserable to the citizens and government.

According to him, insecurity is a national issue, adding that if elected, his government would critically look at the issue in the state by going to the root cause with a view of finding a lasting solution.

In Nigeria, he said that there is a constitutional issue as no governor has control over the security architecture like the police and other security agencies in their states, pointing out that the members of the National Assembly are working on it. 

According to him, the issue of insecurity is key to the citizens of the state, assuring that his government if elected would do everything legally possible to put it behind the state for proper development to fully take off in the state.

He promised that if elected as the governor of the state, every section of the state would fully participate in its running, believing that it is the only way to enhance confidence, unity and peace in the state.

The gubernatorial candidate also said that his government would ensure the Infrastructural development in the rural areas, saying that the Governor El-Rufai-led administration has done a lot Urban renewal Infrastructural development.