The proposal to create state police and if possible local government police is consistent with the principle of true federalism and decentralisation of powers.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Robert Clarke, has said that the country would continue to struggle in her socio-political problems until the 1999 constitution, which lacks certain elements of federalism,
In the 1963 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Section 87 subsection 4-7 clearly states that “(4) Appointments to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation other than