The Security Adviser to the Kogi State Government, retired Navy Cdr.  Jerry Omodara, has said the state has the wherewithal to successfully operate a state police.

Mr Omodara was reacting to the move by President Bola Tinubu and the 36 state governors to explore the option of state police in tackling the security challenges across the country.

Mr Tinubu, on February 15 met with the state governors in Abuja, during which they considered the possibility of establishing state policing.

Details of the meeting were disclosed by the Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, who said the meeting agreed on the need for state police, but added that more discussions were still needed on how to implement it.

The Kogi security adviser, however, described the move as a landmark step that would reduce the security challenges in the country if implemented.

According to him, the move is timely, considering the nation’s current but surmountable security challenges.

He, however, said that the National Assembly has a greater role to play in providing the best legal framework that would make the state police work in every geopolitical zone.

He reassured the people of Kogi that the Governor Ahmed Ododo administration remained focused and would continue to improve on the security architecture of the state, set up by its predecessor, Yahaya Bello.

This, he said, would ensure that Kogi remained safe for its residents and visitors.

(NAN)