May 29, 2026
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has urged the Federal Government to stop what he described as “deceiving Nigerians” over the proposed establishment of state police, insisting that the prolonged debate has become a waste of national time.
Makinde made the remarks on Friday at a joint mega rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the APM in Ibadan, where he also revisited earlier efforts by South-West governors to establish a decentralised policing structure.
“We wanted state police. It was because we couldn’t get the state police that we established Amotekun as a stop-gap,” the governor said.
