President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his position to State Police, saying it was not an option for addressing insecurity in the country.
The President also insisted that the establishment of grazing routes would solve the problem of farmers, herders’ clashes in the country.
President Buhari, who said these during an interview on Television, also dismissed Igbo leaders’ plea for the release of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
But the interview attracted various reactions with the People’s Democratic Party and Afenifere faulting the President’s position on State Police and grazing routes.
Responding to security-related questions, the President lamented the abuse and suppression of the local governments by State Governors.
“State police is not an option. Find out the relationship between local government and the governors. Are the third tier of government getting what they are supposed to get constitutionally? Are they getting it? Let the people in local government tell you the truth, the fight between local governments and the governors,” Mr Buhari said.
