Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Ali Ndume, on Wednesday, asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to withdraw orderlies attached to lawmakers in the National Assembly and those attached to politicians in the country.
Ndume who stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today said, “I support that they should take away all their police.
“One Senator will be going around with 10 policemen, seven, members of House of Reps, everybody. That is for those who are mobile. Some even give security to their wives, others give security to their children. I am against that.”
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According to him, Nigeria, with about 300,000 policemen, does not have enough to police the country, hence, orderlies of Very Important Personalities should be withdrawn to protect the people.
Ndume said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should empower the police to increase their manpower to two million men and the military to 500,000.
“Let’s have like 2 million police, 500K soldiers,” he said.
He urged Tinubu to give security agencies a blank cheque, give them all they want in terms of funding and weapons to fight the menace of banditry, kidnapping and insurgency.
The Senator from Borno South Senatorial District, however, said he won’t vote for state police if it comes up in the constitution amendment process, adding that it would be abused by Governors.
