Daniel backs State Police, defends new Electoral Act

The representative of Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has expressed his backing for the State Police and defended the new Electoral Act.

The former two-term governor of Ogun State said this in an interview with select Editors ahead of his 70th birthday on April 6, 2026.

Daniel, who spoke at his Asoludero Court home in Sagamu, Ogun State, hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his stand on State Police.

He said: “Ideologically, this is where I stand.”

He said this implied decentralising the police as it is now, adding that this would enable the effective tackling of insecurity through better intelligence gathering as a result of their full knowledge of their areas of operation.

Daniel also threw his weight behind the consensus and direct primary for choosing candidates for elections, a part of the new Electoral Act, 2026.

He said: “It is not new. 

“Indirect is prone to corruption. 

“A delegate is a bastion of corruption.

“Only a few minorities elect candidates. 

“If people agree, consensus is good.”

Daniel applauded the National Assembly for passing the Electoral Act.

He said it is faulty to say it favours only the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said: “It cannot be an agenda for any political party.” 

On real time election result transmission, he told critics to embrace the reality of network failure that may not be easily overcome.

He said: “In Makomi and Odo-Omi in Ijebu Waterside, there is no road. 

“I have been there. 

“You go through water. 

“There is no network there.”