Senator-elect advocates state police

Senator-elect in Osun State, Mr. Jide Omoworare, has advocated the establishment of state police as panacea to the nation’s crime rate.

Speaking with our correspondent on the telephone on Monday, Omoworare, who was elected on April 9, 2011 to represent Ife-Ijesa Senatorial district, said Nigeria must return to true federalism.

He said, “Nigeria must return to true federalism. It’s only through adherence to the dictates of federalism that each component region of the country can truly develop.

“The clamour and struggle to gain power at the centre will reduce once Nigeria embraces true federalism. State and local governments are nearer the people than the Federal Government.”

“There will be rapid development if state governments control the resources of their areas. We must have community policing by establishing state police.