State police is recipe for anarchy, says APC North Central Forum

The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has urged President Bola Tinubu and members of the National Assembly to reject calls for the creation of state police in the country.

The Forum, comprising APC stakeholders in the North-Central region, made this appeal in response to Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s recent call for state police.

Mutfwang, speaking at a special court session to mark the commencement of the 2025/2026 legal year in Jos, had declared that “the time for state police has come.”

He further urged the President and members of the National Assembly to support its actualisation, saying it would “help to address insecurity in Plateau and other parts of the country.”

However, the North-Central APC Forum has opposed the governor’s position, saying it is not feasible now.

In a statement released in Abuja on Friday by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, a member of the APC campaign council in the 2023 elections, the Forum warned against the dangers of introducing state police in Nigeria.

“The North-Central APC Forum has noted with alarm calls for creation of state police in Nigeria. State police will only lead to anarchy and increased impunity across the country and as a result, these calls should be rejected by all right-thinking Nigerians,” the statement read.

The Forum added that “state police will only exist to serve the interests of those in power, further subjugating minority groups who are already being oppressed in various states across the country.”

It warned that governors were already abusing federal police to target political opponents and would go further if given control over their own forces.