Nigeria, June 9 -- Following the spate of kidnappings - human beings being stolen across the country as if they were mere objects - in Oyo, Borno, Kebbi, Katsina, Kwara, Zamfara, Niger - there has been a renewed agitation for the establishment of state police by lawmakers, Governors and concerned citizens, out of the belief that state police, a decentralised police system in the country would help move the Nigerian government closer to its fundamental responsibility of ensuring the safety of lives and property across the country. In a report by Amnesty International, it is estimated that at least 1,100 persons were abducted in the Northern part of the country alone between January to April. The International Centre for Investigative Repor...