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| Chief Lanre Razak |
A one-time governorship candidate in Lagos State, Lanre Razak, has observed that creation of state police will go a long way in solving the Boko Haram menace in the country.
Razak, now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said if the Federal Government was indeed sincere about putting an end to the senseless killings by the insurgents, it should consider the creation of state police.
He also described as ‘bad politicking’, statement credited to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that the APC is benefiting from the activities of the insurgents.
“I will like the Federal Government to look at the issue of state police. If we have state police, it will be more effective in monitoring the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents. These Boko Haram people are not angels.
“They are human beings who live in one community like every normal humans. If we have state or local police, it will be easy to identify these people and flush them out.
“The argument that the Governors will abuse the state police is unreasonable because even the federal government is using the federal police to carry out its desires.
“We are all living witnesses to what happened in Rivers State between the state governor and the then police commissioner. It was very clear that somebody was using the commissioner against the state Governor,” he said.
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