The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has set up a seven-member panel to work out modalities for the implementation of state police across the country.
The committee, inaugurated on Wednesday and headed by Prof. Olu Ogunsakin, a police studies expert, is expected to outline practical steps for establishing and coordinating state policing structures.
At the inauguration, the IGP charged the panel with the responsibility of drafting a comprehensive operational blueprint that would define the structure and relationship of state police units within the broader security framework.
He specifically directed members to evaluate key areas including recruitment processes, training standards, funding arrangements and supervisory mechanisms required for effective operations.
Disu noted that decentralising the nation’s policing system would allow state governments and local authorities to respond swiftly to security challenges peculiar to their areas.
The development is seen as part of ongoing efforts to reform Nigeria’s security architecture amid persistent calls for policing reforms.
President Bola Tinubu has on several occasions reaffirmed his commitment to establishing state police as a strategy to combat insecurity nationwide.