The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his resolve to have state police established in the country.
Afenifere’s national publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, asserted that Nigeria was long overdue to have state police.
“We are aware that President Bola Tinubu is committed to having state police take-off as soon as possible going by his pronouncements and the steps his government has taken on this issue,” it said.
The organisation added that President Tinubu’s recent remarks on the issue in Makurdi and Abuja, further demonstrated his determination to have the project (state police) take off as soon as possible.
The Afenifere spokesman recalled that President Tinubu, while addressing a town hall meeting in Makurdi, Benue State on Wednesday, reiterated his commitment to having state police established in Nigeria.
The president spoke during his visit to Benue State in the wake of the killing of over 200 people and burning of several houses in Yelwata, Guma local government area of the state by bandits.
Afenifere further lauded the president for reminding everyone that the value of human life is greater than that of a cow.
The organisation said the Makurdi declaration by the president was a reiteration of what he said the day before (on Tuesday) in Abuja at the Constitution Review Legislative Dialogue on National Security organized by the House of Representatives and the Office of the National Security Adviser.
Afenifere expressed the hope that state police would be established forthwith, “now that majority of the state governors and the Houses of Assembly in the country have keyed into it.”
