• Push for judicial, constitutional reforms, funding
•Want collaboration among security agencies
•Say idea should not be for elite, ethnic or religion-based
Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale, Alex Enumah and Linus Aleke in Abuja
A broad national consensus on the need to establish state police came on stream yesterday as governors, federal lawmakers, security chiefs, legal experts, and international security specialists called for sweeping constitutional, judicial, and institutional reforms to make the proposed policing system effective, accountable, and insulated from political abuse.
