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Politics● ElevatedJul 9 · Jul 9, 2026, 5:16 PM

State police could be Nigeria’s ‘silver bullet’ or Hiroshima, Defence Minister warns

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…Calling governors chief security officers without police powers is like calling me a husband without a wife — Oshiomhole …Security is measured in minutes, not hours — Peter Mbah _…Nobody knows a community better than its own people — Bukar Usman* …Without financial independence, state police could create new problems — Opeyemi Bamidele …State police […] The post State police could be Nigeria’s ‘silver bullet’ or Hiroshima, Defence Minister warns appeared first on Vanguard News.

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