***Replaces NPF with Federal, State Police Services
***Shifts Nigeria from unitary to federal policing model
By Henry Umoru, Assistant Politics Editor
ABUJA — IN an epoch-making session that fundamentally alters the geopolitical and security landscape of the nation, the Senate, yesterday, passed a landmark constitutional amendment bill establishing state police across the 36 states of the federation.
The passage of the executive bill, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, officially sets the stage to dismantle the decades-old unitary structure of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and replace it with a dual model, comprising the Federal Police Service and State Police Services.
