State Police or State Gestapo? How the Enugu State House of Assembly’s Rapid Resolution Paves the Way for Executive Tyranny Ahead of 2027

Speed is rarely a virtue when it comes to legislative bills that alter the foundational security architecture of a state—unless, of course, there is a desperate political expiration date driving the agenda.

​Today, October 20, 2026, the Enugu State House of Assembly hastily rushed through and passed a resolution establishing a State Police. Led by figures like Sen. Chijinkem Ugwuanyi hyping the move with cheerful hashtags, the establishment would have us believe this is a monumental triumph for public safety.

​Let’s pull back the curtain and look at the sinister reality.

​When an administration that has consistently demonstrated authoritarian tendencies—deploying aggressive task forces that crush citizens, turning a blind eye to political thuggery, and watching helplessly as armed elements under the guise of forest guards terrorize communities over land disputes—suddenly acquires its own localized police force, Ndi Enugu have every right to tremble.

​Where was this legislative speed when communities were crying out against violent land grabbing? Where was the Assembly’s oversight when commercial tricycle operators were brutalized? Where was the emergency session when extrajudicial killings shook our streets?

​Instead, a rubber-stamp legislature dances to the executive fiddle, handing a failing government a private security wing wrapped in constitutional nomenclature right on the eve of the 2027 elections. A state police force under an unchecked, overbearing executive is nothing more than a legalized political militia—designed to lock down polling units, hunt down opposition voices, and protect a greedy establishment from the wrath of the electorate.

​Ndi Enugu are not fooled by legislative cosmetics. Security must protect the people, not shield politicians from accountability. The struggle to defend our freedom from total executive capture continues!