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President Bola Tinubu has finally asked the Senate to dismantle the federation’s centralised policing model. Speaking at an interfaith dinner in Abuja, the President urged lawmakers to amend the 1999 Constitution to permit subnational police forces. The shift reflects a grim admission: the federal government can no longer secure the hinterlands on its own. Decades…
The Nigerian presidency has a penchant for polite fiction. On Tuesday, the official word was that Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, had resigned to attend to “family issues.” The reality is more clinical. Mr. Egbetokun was summoned to the Villa on Monday evening and told his time was up. In the language of Abuja’s…
