PRESIDENT BUHARI HAS NOT APPROVED STATE/LG POLICE – PRESIDENCY
Joseph Omoniyi
The Presidency has denied report making rounds in the media that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the creation of State and Local Government
Police.
According to a statement released by the senior special assistant to the
President on media and publicity, Shehu Garba, Buhari only received a report on the reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and requested that the report be studied and a white paper produced within three months.
Shehu said, “President Buhari’s specific directive is that a three-man
panel be set up to produce the white paper.”
“The report of the white paper committee will form the basis of the
decisions of the government on the many recommendations, including the setting up of state and local government police made by the Ojukwu panel.”
“Until a white paper is produced, it will be premature and pre-emptive
to suggest that the recommendations contained in the report have been approved by the President in part or whole.”
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