President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will facilitate the creation of state police.
Tinubu said this on Tuesday, when he received a delegation of prominent citizens from Katsina State led by the state governor, Dikko Radda, at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.
The president revealed that he has directed security agencies to review their operations in Katsina, following a surge in banditry in the state.
He said the Federal Government would deploy advanced military hardware and surveillance gadgets in the state.
Tinubu assured that the security challenges facing the country are surmountable.
“The security challenges that we are facing are surmountable. Yes, we have porous borders. We inherited weaknesses that could have been addressed earlier. It is a challenge that we must fix, and we are facing it,” he said.
“I have today directed all the security agencies to energise further and look at the strategies. We have approved the additional acquisition of drones.”
The president also asked for daily feedback on security operations in the state.
“I am reviewing all the aspects of security; I have to create state police. We are looking at that holistically,” he added.
“We will defeat insecurity. We must protect our children, our people, our livelihood, our places of worship, and our recreational spaces. They can’t intimidate us.”
