The Presidency has debunked news that ruled the media, Monday, that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the establishment of state and local government police.
A release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Shehu Garba said that the Buhari just received the report submitted by the Presidential Panel the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
“The President requested that the report be studied and a white paper produced within three months,” Garba said.
He added: “President Buhari’s specific directive is that a three-man panel be set up to produce the white paper.
“The report of the white paper committee will form the basis of the decisions of the government on the many recommendations, including the setting up of state and local government police made by the Ojukwu panel.
“Until a white paper is produced, it will be premature and pre-emptive to suggest that the recommendations contained in the report have been approved by the President in part or whole.”
