Thirty Nigerian assemblies approve state police reform
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Trust
Thirty Nigerian state assemblies have approved the constitutional reform allowing the creation of state police, exceeding the legal two-thirds threshold. The Senate has set 15 November as the deadline for the six remaining assemblies, according to Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele.
Thirty of Nigeria’s 36 state assemblies have approved the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the creation of state police, Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele announced on Wednesday, according to the Daily Trust. The legal threshold of two-thirds, or 24 assemblies, has thus been exceeded. Votes in favour were recorded in Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara states. Kano? No—the text cites these states.
