State Police Bill passes second reading in Senate

A bill seeking to establish state police and devolve policing powers to sub-national governments on Thursday scaled second reading in the Senate.
The development is a major step in ongoing efforts to establish state police in Nigeria’s security architecture.
The bill was subsequently referred by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution for further legislative scrutiny.
Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, while leading the debate, described the establishment of state police as a critical reform aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s internal security architecture amid growing concerns over the capacity of the Nigeria Police ...