Nigeria Needs State Police to 'Boost Force Numbers'

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that state police would help tighten the security situation across the country. "To meet the 1 police member to 400 persons according to the UN prescribed ratio, we would require almost triple the number of our current police force."

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