Nigeria, July 1 -- Nigerian actress Clarion Chukwurah has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct immediate attention to bolstering vigilante groups rather than pursuing state police as a remedy for the country's escalating insecurity.

Adding her voice to the national security debate, the actress, in an open letter posted on her Instagram page on Wednesday, told the President that state policing was not currently the solution to the security crisis gripping the nation.

She urged Mr Tinubu and his administration to redirect part of the N500bn deducted from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue for May 2026 towards a national security emergency intervention fund to support community self-defence.

The Punch newspaper re...