The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has called on the Federal Government to cease misleading the public about the possibility of establishing State Police.

Speaking during a public gathering, Makinde recalled how governments of the Southwest were able to establish Amotekun security network. According to him, State Police was their main desire, but they had to settle for Amotekun when the possibility was slim.

"Some people will know insecurity was one of the major pillars of this administration when we established Omitutun phase one and phase two, and it will remain a major pillar. Before this government's emergence, there was nothing like Amotekun in Oyo State. We wanted State Police. It was because we couldn't get the State Police that we established Amotekun as a stopgap. They should stop wasting Nigerians' time," he said.

Makinde stated that State Police can also be established by states, with the help of each state's legislature, rather than through the bureaucracy between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Police Force.

He said, "We know how we established Amotkeun. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly is here. We passed a common law in the whole of the Southwest. The whole Houses of Assembly in all states in the Southwest passed the law, and that led to the creation of Amotekun. The only state that didn't create Amotekun is Lagos State, and we know it is because their boss didn't want Amotekun.

"At this stage, they should stop deceiving us. If they want to establish State Police, don't ask the Inspector General of Police to create it for us. Our state assembly will create it. Give them the authority and support, and within the shortest possible time, State Police will come to be."