Insecurity: Delay on State Police may trigger self help — Afenifere warns

Author: Dayo JohnsonPublished on: June 4, 2026Country: Nigeria

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Insecurity: Delay on State Police may trigger self help — Afenifere warns

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere has warned that delay in establishing state police may trigger self-help. Secretary General Chief Sola Ebiseni faulted the federal government's reactive security deployment after terror attacks as infeasible and ineffective. He urged treating insecurity as a national concern like the fight against COVID-19 and warned against political exploitation of the issue.

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