Tinubu backs state police after meeting Plateau governor, stakeholders

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed support for the creation of state police as part of efforts to tackle insecurity and restore peace across the country.

The President said this on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, after receiving Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang and key stakeholders from the state, amid growing concerns over renewed violence in Plateau and fresh calls for state policing to strengthen local security response.

Speaking after the meeting, Tinubu said lawmakers across the country would work together to establish state police on a national scale.

“The legislators here, we are going to work together to establish state police on a national scale, and I believe once we have state police, enforcement of law and order will take care of these problems,” he said.

Tinubu stressed that peace remains essential for development, adding that insecurity continues to create hardship for many families.

“For us to stop creating widows, widowers, orphans, there must be peace. It is very tough to develop if there is no peace,” Tinubu stated.

The meeting followed recent attacks in Plateau State. In late March 2026, gunmen attacked the Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North, leaving at least 28 people dead and several others injured.

Tinubu had earlier visited Jos after the killings, where he assured residents that those responsible would be brought to justice. “We will find the killers,” he said, while pledging stronger security measures and insisting that peace must return to Plateau because development cannot thrive in an atmosphere of violence.