The Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has said the National Assembly is currently working on a legal framework that would allow the creation of state police across Nigeria.
This move, according to him, is aimed at tackling the growing insecurity across the nation.
Bamidele made the statement on Sunday through a release issued by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs in Abuja.
In the statement, he called for unity among Nigerians and urged both citizens and leaders to draw inspiration from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, especially as the Christian community celebrated Easter.
He explained that the establishment of state police is being considered as one of the practical steps that could help reduce crime and restore peace to troubled regions.
”In spite of the animosity He suffered and opposition He faced, Jesus Christ consciously sought and secured freedom for the captives, peace for the troubled, comfort for the sorrowful, love for the dejected, justice for the oppressed and hope for those who are in despair.
“In Nigeria today, Christ’s example clearly presents us a glimpse of how we should live together.
“As compatriots and not competitors, collaborators and not combatants, comrades and not contenders in the task of building a viable and virile federation that will serve the interest of all.
“The recent killings in Benue and Plateau states outrightly negated the virtues of peace and love that Jesus Christ taught during His days.
“The recurrent utterances by some political and sectional figures also belied the values of courage, perseverance and tolerance. He evidently lived for.
“No country develops as a result of one section rising up against another, vice versa.
“The Authority of the National Assembly is in the process of developing legal frameworks for the establishment of state police as one of the measures to address insecurity in the country.
“We urge security agencies to work together as a team to track and apprehend all the masterminds and sponsors of terror attacks nationwide.
“We appeal to some political actors who always lash out at the country’s challenges to push divisive narratives to learn from the example of Jesus Christ.
“Such actors are no longer playing opposition politics, but simply taking advantage of the country’s internal conditions in the pursuit of their parochial political outcomes”.
He further said that Nigeria is our ultimate project, and as a parliament, we are committed to the actualisation of this project.
“This is evident in all the legislative initiatives we are pushing since the birth of the 10th National Assembly. And our goal is to build a federation that will be noted for peace, progress and prosperity anywhere in the world.
“Regardless of their ethnicity, politics and religion, all actors should shun all forms of divisive utterance and join forces against the common foes of Nigeria and not to subvert our effort to build a strong and virile federation”.
