Gombe Assembly approves state police

By Ben Ngwakwe
The Gombe State House of Assembly has approved proposed constitutional amendments to pave the way for the establishment of State Police in Nigeria.
The development followed an earlier statement made to newsmen by the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Baba Manu, that the bill had not been officially presented to lawmakers. According to a report of the Assembly’s proceedings, the lawmakers considered and adopted the recommendations of a seven-member ad hoc committee on constitutional review, endorsing proposed amendments to various provisions of the 1999 Constitution, including those relating to the establishment and operation of State Police Service...