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Will you do anything about police misconduct?

Yes. I will push for an independent Internal Affairs Agency to investigate misconduct within police and other security services. This is part of my wider plan on insecurity, which also includes setting up Anti-Banditry and Kidnapping Special Units in every state command and stronger coordination across jurisdictions for faster responses and better intelligence sharing.

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p. 1 CANDIDATE-APPROVED ANSWER Candidate-approved answer 2026-10-16 ›
On insecurity, my plan covers every part of Nigeria, the north included. I am committed to setting up Anti-Banditry and Kidnapping Special Units in every state command, made up of highly trained, mobile personnel, to strengthen the response to banditry and kidnapping. I want to adopt a firehose principle for security coordination, driving continuous, high-volume coordination across jurisdictions, so we get faster responses and stronger intelligence sharing. Bordering states will jointly plan operations, share intelligence in real time, and coordinate responses, and this will extend to joint security frameworks with neighbouring countries facing the same threats. I will also push for an independent Internal Affairs Agency to investigate misconduct within police and other security services. This is how we rescue your community from banditry, kidnapping, and cross-border crime. I believe that with the right political leadership, Nigerian security forces have the capacity to take on the insecurity confronting this country.
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