A prominent Community Head within Ibadan metropolis, Elder Taiye Ayorinde has said it is impossible to expect effective policing with 400,000 policemen in a densely populated country like Nigeria with 200m people.
He said this during a familiarization visit paid to his Ekotedo residence and the community in Ibadan by the new Area Commander of the Nigerian Police Force, Iyaganku Area Command, ACP Mohammed Ajose.
On their welfare, he stated that people should try to visit barracks of these policemen to see the way they live. He emphasized the need to revisit the issue of the state police stressing that the current police system cannot cater for the security needs of Nigerians thus making state police a viable solution which will make each state to be fully in charge of its own security.
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