The Senate has passed a set of constitutional amendment bills aimed at establishing state police across Nigeria, marking a significant step toward overhauling the country’s security architecture.
The proposed amendments seek to provide a legal framework for the creation of state-controlled police forces that would operate alongside the existing federal police system. The move is intended to strengthen internal security, enhance intelligence gathering, and enable faster responses to local security challenges.
The development comes amid growing concerns over rising insecurity in several parts of the country, including incidents of banditry, kidnapping, insurgency, and communal clashes.
Although the bills have cleared the Senate, the constitutional amendments must still receive the endorsement of at least two-thirds of the State Houses of Assembly before they can be forwarded to the President for assent and become law.
