The Presidency on Monday, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s has not approved the creation of state and local government police structures.
The media, had reported that the President had given approval for the formation of state and local government police as a way of tackling the heightened insecurity in the country.
However, a statement signed by the president’s aide on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, clarifying the his comments said Buhari only received a report on the reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
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The statement read: “President Buhari’s specific directive is that a three-man panel is set up to produce the white paper.
“The report of the white paper committee will form the basis of the decisions of the government on the many recommendations, including the setting up of state and local government police made by the Ojukwu panel.
“Until a white paper is produced, it will be premature and pre-emptive to suggest that the recommendations contained in the report have been approved by the President in part or whole.”
