…Urges lawmakers to move policing to Concurrent List
By Dayo Johnson, Akure
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for transmitting the State Police Bill to the National Assembly but urged lawmakers to amend provisions it said would make state police “appendages of the federal government.”
The group also called on the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly to place policing on the Concurrent Legislative List to ensure greater autonomy for state police formations.
The position was contained in a statement issued by Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, following a caucus meeting held at the Akure residence of the group’s leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
