A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the creation of state police will not solve the issue of insecurity in Nigeria until certain issues are addressed

MyNigeria reported that state police creation was passed into law by the Senate on Wednesday, giving states the power to establish their own policing outfit to tackle insecurity.

However, Falana believes its effect might be constrained if forces that drive people into criminality are not addressed.

He told Channels TV's Politics Today programme:“We always reduce the problem of insecurity to security architecture, in fact structure. How do we have more police stations? How do we employ more policemen and women without considering social security?” Falana queried.

“Why are more young men taking to criminality? Why are we not talking about creating employment for young people? Why are we not giving assistance to Nigerians that are vulnerable, extremely poor or dimensionally poor? And unless you address these problems holistically, creating a state police or local government police will not address the crisis of insecurity in the country.”