Falana Makes Case For State Security Outfits, Social Security | Sahara Reporters According to Falana, “State governments which are not secured under the present political dispensation may wish to set up state security agencies. After all, the...READ MORE:
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana , has made a strong case for state police. In the maiden Memorial Public Lecture in memory of late Prof Olumuyiwa Awe delivered at the Trechard Hall, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Falana said, “In view of the clear provisions of the constitution on the establishment of one police force for the federation state governors should ensure that the institution is superintended by the NPC.
“Section 214 of the constitution provides that there shall be Police Force for Nigeria which shall be known as the Nigeria Police Force, and subject to the provisions of this Section no other police force shall be established for the Federation or any part thereof. It is further provided that the Nigeria Police Force shall be organised and administered in accordance with such provisions as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly.
“Since 1999, the Nigeria Police Force have been converted to the Federal Government Police Force administered by the President, the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Commission. While state governments are barred from establishing state police service on the grounds that there shall be only one police force in the country the federal government has created the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
“Whereas the secret agency established by the National Security Agencies Act law is the State Security Service the federal government has been allowed to turn it into the Department of State Security Service like the Nigeria Police Force. But in Mimiko v. Agagu Agagu v. Mimiko 32 WRN 16 the Court of Appeal berated both security agencies for supporting the candidate of the ruling party.
“The service will police the state and see to the enforcement of all the laws enacted by the house of assembly. The success of the civilian Joint Task Force in the counter insurgency operations in Borno state has proved that the best way to police a country is to recruit, train and equip young men and women to operate in their own communities.
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