President Tinubu has revealed his plans to combat terrorists and bandits.
Newsone Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu has declared that the operatives of the proposed state police would be well armed in a bid to end the decade-long security challenges in Nigeria.
This online news platform understands that President Tinubu made this comment during the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting held on Friday at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
The President also revealed plans to establish forest rangers, stating that they will also be equipped with arms to end terrorism and banditry in Nigeria.
President Tinubu said, “We are going for state police. We will do forest rangers. We will arm them. We will defeat those terrorists and bandits, we must do that”.
Newsone recalls that President Tinubu promised to establish local police in states following the recent surge in killings and other activities of the criminal elements causing mayhem across the country.
The National Assembly has also thrown its weight behind the establishment of the local force, although there are some stakeholders who are still sceptical about the effectiveness of the state police owing to possible abuse by state governors.
