Agbakoba: State Police Can Become Tools of Oppression Without Crucial Safeguards
• Seeks constitutional independence for EFCC, INEC, CBN, Police
Wale Igbintade
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has warned that without strong constitutional safeguards, state police could easily become instruments of political oppression rather than effective tools for maintaining law and order.
He, however, urged the federal government to use the proposed creation of state police as an opportunity to implement far-reaching constitutional reforms that would insulate key democratic institutions from executive interference.
