Nigeria moves closer to state police as Senate passes key amendment amid worsening insecurity

The Senate on Wednesday finally passed a constitutional amendment bill to establish State Police nationwide, marking Nigeria’s most significant shift in security architecture since the 1999 Constitution.
The legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to Provide for the Establishment of State Police; and for Related Matters (Sixth Alteration)”, was approved at the Committee of the Whole under Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The Executive Bill was transmitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu, who requested accelerated consideration. The Senate granted first, second and third readings during We...