The Nigeria Police Force has disagreed with the establishment of state police, noting that the country was not ripe for such.
Egbetokun stated this while speaking at a one day dialogue on state policing, in Abuja on Monday, adding that the establishment of state police will exacerbate ethnic tension, leading to divided loyalty in the states.
Represented by AIG Ben Okolo, the IGP noted that the establishment of state police will also lead to multiple command structures in the states.
He went further that state governors are likely to abuse the privilege of state police by using it for political gains, leading to possible abuse of power and abuse of huma rights.
He argued that the state government lack thereof required funding that will give birth to the type of policing that the nation requires.
Egbetokun, said rather than estabalisibg state police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Federal Road Safety Commission should be merged to form a department in the Nigeria Police Force.
He also recommended a yearly recruitment of about 30,000 police personnel into the force annually to meet the UN requirements for morden policing, while also increasing annual budgetary allocation to the force.
