Ebonyi Assembly approves state police

From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the state police bill transmitted to it by the National Assembly for concurrence.
The bill seeks to alter the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to provide a legal framework for the establishment of State Police Services across the federation, while retaining the Nigeria Police Force at the federal level.
During plenary at the Assembly complex in Abakaliki, the state capital, all 24 members of the Assembly voted unanimously in favour of the bill after extensive deliberations and consultations with their constituents.
The Speaker of the House, Hon Moses Ije Odunwa, who pre...