Constitutional amendment must protect the IGP and commissioners from abuse — Okiro

Sir Mike Okiro, a former Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police, says states can fund their own police forces, pointing to existing state support and security infrastructure in Lagos and Enugu. He argues that security is essential to development and should remain a government priority even when state budgets are strained. Okiro says the federal government could assist states struggling to meet police salaries and other obligations. The available excerpt also raises the need to protect the IGP and police commissioners from governors’ abuse, but does not detail the proposed safeguards.