Lekki Probe: We Need More Time, Many State Govts Are Involved, Buhari Tells US Govt

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments that set up panels to probe police brutality in the country.

The president spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience Mr Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State.

“So many state governments are involved, and have given different terms of reference to the probe panels,” spokesman, Femi Adesina quoted the president as saying.

“We at the Federal have to wait for the steps taken by the states, and we have to allow the system to work. We can’t impose ideas on them. Federal Government has to wait for the reaction of the states.”