A leading civic group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked Nigeria’s 36 state governors to come clean on how they’ve spent security vote funds since taking office on May 29, 2023.
In a Freedom of Information request dated June 28, 2025, SERAP said the public has a right to know how billions of naira allocated for security are being used, especially with rising insecurity across the country.
“In the wake of the Benue massacre and well-documented ongoing cases of insecurity in several states, there is a legitimate public interest for governors to account for how they spend security votes,” the group said.