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The Senate on Wednesday passed a landmark constitutional amendment bill establishing state police services across Nigeria, a major step towards decentralising policing and addressing the country’s growing security challenges.
The development followed the earlier passage of the proposed legislation by the House of Representatives, signalling legislative support for a decentralised policing system.
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 Related Matters (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026 (SB.1055),” was approved during plenary presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The bill introduced a dual policing framework comprising a Federal Police Service and State Police Services.
