June 8, 2026
By Cynthia Alo
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, has accused President Bola Tinubu of deliberately stalling state police implementation to enable his administration to deploy security forces to allegedly manipulate the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, he dismissed the Inspector General of Police-led committee on state police implementation, insisting the process required nothing beyond a National Assembly amendment to Section 214 of the constitution, a task, he argued, that has no business on the desk of the police hierarchy.
He said: “Tinubu does not want state police until after the election so that he will use federal police to intimidate and manipulate the opposition so that there won’t be any resistance when they want to rig elections.
