Nigeria, July 24 -- Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has reiterated his appeal for the establishment of state police, stating that the national conversation must shift from debating the necessity of decentralised policing to addressing its operational implementation.

Governor Alia made these remarks on Thursday while hosting the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, during an operational assessment and security town hall meeting at the Government House in Makurdi.

"The conversation should no longer be about whether Nigeria needs state police but how to make it operational," the governor said. "Security is most effective when those protecting our communities understand the people, the terrain, and the local realities."

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