Following the various calls for state police in the country, Olusegun Obasanjo saw a reason to allow a change in the policing system of Nigeria at all levels.
The previous president consequently indicated that the country is ready for such a change.
Punch reports that Obasanjo revealed this on Sunday, January 31, during a virtual conversation entertained by a historian and columnist, Toyin Falola.
Obasanjo said countries like Columbia had moved from local and state police to a national one but have now gone back to state police or provincial police.
He questioned why such cannot be done in Nigeria.
“Why can’t we do that? If we do that, there will be no need for Amotekun.”
“The federal government can have mobile police and station them in strategic places, and only deploy when the state governor requires for it.”
