State police could be Hiroshima Nigerians are not expecting – Defence Minister, Musa

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has said state police could be the Hiroshima Nigerians are not expecting if not well planned.

Musa, however, noted that state police is a good thing if properly planned and executed.

Speaking during an Arise Town hall meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Musa said: “State police is a good thing if well harnessed, planned, and executed, it could be the silver bullet that we need. But again, if not well executed, it could turn out to be the Hiroshima that we are afraid of.

“Most Nigerians want change but they want somebody to change and not themselves, every Nigerian must be the change that we so much desire.

“We know what our gaps are which are, ethnicity, religion, elitist movement and all sorts.”

He insisted that state police should not be religious, ethnic, or elitist based.

Musa added: “State police should not be a ethnic based, it must not be religion based it must not be for the elite that is very critical and I want to encourage that we must have faced implementation probably starting with the state capitals so that we understand what are the dynamics before we go into full implementation.

“And why is that so, we have been able to understand ourselves, the Federal police is doing extremely well considering the circumstances that they are operating in.”