Southeast Development Ambassadors Network (SEDAN) has defended the passage of the State Police bill, noting that the new Police structure would reduce insecurity by over 40 percent.
SEDAN in a statement by its Cordinator General, Sir Chidi Emeagi Wednesday night remarked that banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, homicide and other forms and guises of heinous crimes assumed “business” and disturbing dimensions because governors hitherto had no control whatsoever over various security agencies particularly the Police.
“Southeast Development Ambassadors Network (SEDAN) under the able leadership of Sir Chidi Emeagi wishes to commend President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly for initiating and passing into law the State Police Bill.
If the new law becomes fully operational and fantastically managed, we can unequivocally confirm that insecurity would reduce by over 40%.
This is because reports, facts and emerging narratives point to the helplessness and powerlessness of our governors each time their states were confronted and confounded with deadly threats, kidnap incidents, banditry, terrorism, communal clashes, and complex armed robberies.
Again, the movement of cows by Fulani herdsmen and the heinous crimes associated with this outdated style of “business” actually complicated our security situation.
Imagine a situation whereby a gang of kidnappers, murderous herdsmen, bandits and there likes were successfully arrested by local vigilante operatives and handed over to the police and army, and one is shocked to hear that the arrested beasts had been released through Abuja connection in a few days. Sooner than later, you read yet another very scary story that the same idiots returned to the same community wrecking the worst havoc on the residents including killing the vigilante operatives that had arrested them earlier.
Upon their return, they are emboldened with impunity given their Abuja connection, the rest is history”. State Police was long overdue however, we wholeheartedly welcome it considering the disturbing security challenges at the moment. We anticipate its full operationality, support and sustenability”, SEDAN concluded
NIGERIAN NEWSGUIDE learnt that the Nigerian Senate passed the state police bill on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. It did so as part of a constitutional amendment to create a dual policing system with both federal and state police.
The main reason reports says, was to improve internal security by decentralizing policing and giving states their own police services to respond better to local threats such as banditry, kidnappings, communal clashes, and other violent crimes. The Senate also framed the bill as a response to the limits of Nigeria’s centralized police structure, which lawmakers said had struggled to handle fast-growing and localized security challenges.
President Bola Tinubu initiated and backed the bill proposal as part of the broader security-sector reform. The bill also included safeguards on oversight, discipline, and limited federal intervention in state police operations.
Nigerian governors with the latest development are to appoint Commissioners of Police in their various states as well as other top officers of the Force. They are to also supervise recruitment and manage the entire police architecture in their respective states and ensure that the lives and properties of their citizens are protected to the latter.
