Worsening insecurity: Pressure mounts for establishment of state police

As Nigeria grapples with a surge in violent crimes, from mass abductions to targeted attacks on communities, the decades-long debate over state policing has resurfaced with renewed urgency.

Many Nigerians are now increasingly calling for a decentralized policing system they believe could respond more swiftly and effectively to the worsening security crisis.

SOCIETY WATCH reports that in the past few days, the country has witnessed a string of troubling incidents highlighting the fragility of its current security architecture.

SOCIETY WATCH reported how gunmen abducted over 300 children from the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in Niger State, a grim reminder of the Chibok incident in 2014.

In Kebbi, 25 girls from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, were kidnapped, and the vice principal was killed by gunmen.