{"id":563,"date":"2012-06-27T14:46:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=563"},"modified":"2012-06-27T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T13:46:21","slug":"governors-forum-call-for-state-police-is-timely-pac-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/governors-forum-call-for-state-police-is-timely-pac-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor&#8217;s Forum Call For State Police Is Timely &#8211; PAC Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive Action Congress (PAC) on Wednesday commended the Nigeria Governors&#8217; Forum (NGF) on its call for the creation of state police.<\/p>\n<p>Its Chairman, Chief Charles Nwodo, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Nwodo said the Forum\u2019s call for the creation of state police was long overdue because of its importance in combating crime in the society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220; It is unfortunate that various panels set up for police reform in the past did not see the light of the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is seriously against the public interest seeking for police reform. The establishment of state police could have strengthened the police further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220; Now that insecurity has become our major problem in governance, the adoption of the state police has become sacrosanct,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>The PAC chieftain said there was no way a police officer posted out of his ethnic zone could\u00a0 easily understand the language being used by the criminals in an unfamiliar environment.<\/p>\n<p>Nwodo said the inability of such police officer to master the terrain in the rural areas would also compound his or her problems to locate the hideout of criminals.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the state police contributed to the success of the first republic in combating crime, the government should take a cue from that to combat insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said the establishment of the state police would go a long way to bring back the lost glory of the nation that had since been facing a serious threat by some group of people.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if there are state police on ground, the activities of the Boko-Haram, robbery and kidnapping will not have been rampant as it is today. 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