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A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Friday warned against the establishment of state police.<\/p>\n

Dogara warned that establishment of state police would enable governors to build militias in their domains.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Channels Television\u2019s Inside Source with Laolu Akande, the former Speaker described as \u201claughable\u201d the calls for state police.<\/p>\n

He also accused governors of mismanaging state-controlled electoral commissions to have their way during local government elections.<\/p>\n

Dogara said, \u201cLook at this country, what is it that has been outsourced to a state that has been properly managed?<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at how the state electoral commissions have turned out to be. If I were a governor and I wanted to be a pretentious democrat, I can even say three, four, or five local governments are less consequential to me; let me cede them to oppositions but when they (governors) run these elections, the ruling parties take 100% of the local government chairmen seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have state police, what will play out is that we will be giving a hangman the free man to hang, we will enable state governors to build militias.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey control 100% state assemblies, they control 100% magistrates, area court justices and even the state high court.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, when you now reinforce that or strengthen that with the state police, you are making them a judge in their own case, which even runs counter to the principle of democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will happen is that if you disagree with your governor, you dare not go home. The state police then becomes a militia used to rig elections by the sitting governors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Govs will turn state police to militia \u2013 ex-Reps Speaker Dogara<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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