President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared that the creation of state police has become unavoidable as part of efforts to strengthen the fight against insecurity across the country.
Speaking at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while receiving a delegation of prominent Katsina indigenes led by Governor Dikko Radda, the President directed security agencies to reassess their strategies in Katsina State, which has been hard-hit by banditry.
Naija News reports that Tinubu disclosed that more advanced military equipment, including drones and surveillance technology, would be deployed, alongside enhanced training for newly recruited forest guards.
He said, “The security challenges that we are facing are surmountable. Yes, we have porous borders. We inherited weaknesses that could have been addressed earlier. It is a challenge that we must fix, and we are facing it.”
The President revealed that he had instructed security chiefs to brief him daily on operations in Katsina.
Tinubu further stated, “I have today directed all the security agencies to energise further and look at the strategies. We have approved the additional acquisition of drones.”
He also stressed the inevitability of state police. “I am reviewing all the aspects of security; I have to create state police. We are looking at that holistically,” he said.
Tinubu assured Nigerians that insecurity would be defeated. “We must protect our children, our people, our livelihood, our places of worship, and our recreational spaces. They can’t intimidate us,” he declared.
The President reminded the delegation that in February 2024, the Federal Government set up a committee to design the framework for state policing. Although the initiative has drawn widespread support, Vice-President Kashim Shettima had disclosed in March that 20 states were yet to submit their reports.
Tinubu also paid tribute to former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in January.
He said, “The time we lost our brother, President Buhari, is a loss for all of us. It is the will of God Almighty, but he has left in a good way. He didn’t hand over a defeated country, a battered political structure, but a legacy of success, and that is the most important thing.”
Governor Radda expressed gratitude to the President for his consistent support. “Mr President, I would like to thank you very much, and I want to say before our elders that there was never a time I came to the President with a request that he rejected,” he said.
Former Governor Aminu Masari and Ibrahim Ida, the Wazirin of Katsina, also praised Tinubu for honouring Buhari and investing in infrastructure projects.
Ida, however, appealed to the Federal Government to prioritise the upgrade of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport and intensify security operations in southern Katsina.
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