State police may suffer funding crisis, abuse by governors — Ex-Police Commissioner (opens original article in a new tab)

A retired police commissioner warns that the new state police system in Nigeria may face funding shortages and political abuse by governors, risking its effectiveness.

• Retired Police Commissioner Balarabe Sule warns of potential funding crisis for state police system
• Sule highlights risk of governors abusing state police for political purposes
• He identifies inadequate funding, corruption, and lack of operational uniformity as major challenges
• Sule acknowledges benefits of community-based policing but stresses need for safeguards