The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, condemned the position of the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun on establishment of state police, saying he did not consider the reality of insecurity on Nigerians.
Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko, to write the Inspector-General and the National Assembly stating that the state lawmakers reject Egbetokun’s position.
It will be recalled that the IGP, represented at a recently held one-day dialogue on state policing, themed, ‘Pathways to Peace: imagining Policing in Nigeria’, opposed the establishment of state police, arguing that it would increase ethnic tension and cause divided loyalty in states of the federation.
