State Police Must Not Become Tool for Political Repression, Ojukwu Warns
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Anthony Ojukwu, has thrown his weight behind the establishment of state police, but warned that the reform could worsen Nigeria’s security and human rights problems if state-controlled forces are allowed to operate without stringent safeguards and independent oversight. Ojukwu said decentralising the country’s policing…