20/06/2026
*State Police: The Constitutional Imperative for Security, Federalism, and National Renewal*
_*By Dr Kayode Ajulo, OON, SAN,*_ _Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ondo State_
_Similarly, in l Attorney-General of Lagos State v Attorney-General of the Federation (2004) 18 NWLR (Pt. 904) 1, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that neither level of government is intended to be subordinate to the other within its constitutional sphere._
_The logic underlying these decisions is unmistakable: Federalism thrives where responsibility follows capacity, and where governance remains responsive to local realities._
_Security therefore, is no exception._
_A Police officer recruited from, familiar with, and accountable to a local community possesses advantages that no centrally deployed officer can easily replicate. Such an officer understands local languages, customs, terrain, social networks and emerging threats. He is not merely stationed within the community; he is part of it._
_Sir Robert Peel, regarded as the father of modern policing, famously observed: “The Police are the public, and the public are the Police."_
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