June 11, 2026
By Henry Umoru, Abuja
The Senate has called for urgent consideration of a legal framework for state policing in Nigeria, as lawmakers expressed concern over rising banditry and the increasing targeting of schools and schoolchildren across the country.
The resolution followed a motion of urgent national importance titled “Urgent Need for State Governments to Complement the Role of the Federal Government in Nigeria’s Security Situation,” sponsored by Senator Sunday Karimi (APC, Kogi West).
Lawmakers said attacks on schools and mass abductions have become a major strategy of terrorists, warning that urgent reforms are needed to strengthen internal security architecture.
