Nigeria’s 24 states pave way for dual policing
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Twenty-four Nigerian state assemblies have approved a constitutional amendment paving the way for a dual policing system, with forces also reporting to the states. The majority reaches the threshold required to amend the Constitution, Punch reports in its roundup of the main news on 23 October.
Twenty-four Nigerian state assemblies have approved a constitutional amendment paving the way for a dual policing system, with a federal police force and forces under the states, Punch reports. This number reaches the threshold required to proceed with the constitutional amendment.
The reform would allow Nigerian states to have their own police forces alongside the national police. The assemblies have therefore cleared the step needed for the amendment procedure to continue, already described in the Nigerian reform authorising state police.
