President Bola Tinubu and the state governors on Thursday agreed to set up state police.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi revealed this after the end of an emergency meeting summoned by the President at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Malagi said the modalities would have to be fine-tuned for setting up state police.
He said, “But now, there is also a discussion around the issue of state police. The federal government and state governments are mulling the possibility of setting up state police.
“Of course, this is still going to be further discussed, a lot of work still has to be done in that direction. But the federal and state governments are agreeing to the necessity of having state policy.
“Now, this is a significant shift. But like I said, more work needs to be done in that direction. A lot of meetings will have to happen between different governments and sub nationals to see the modalities of achieving this.”