Senate Moves to Fast-Track State Police Amid Rising Terror Attacks
Legislative action on the constitutional framework required to establish state police will be fast-tracked, the Nigerian Senate has promised.
The development comes amid rising insecurity, banditry, and mass abductions across the country.
Speaking in an interview the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, asserted that the Red Chamber is fully prepared to accelerate the necessary constitutional amendments. The goal is to reshape the nation’s security architecture and provide sub-national governments with localized law enforcement capabilities.
“Very soon. As I earlier told you, the Senate is fully prepared to commence the constitutional processes for the establishment of state police without delay. We will ensure that the necessary legislative stamina is accorded to the establishment of state police, so as to keep Nigerians safe and secure, and drive out rampaging bandits and other social marauders,” the Punch quoted Adaramodu.
The renewed follows the May 15 mass abduction in Oyo State. Armed men simultaneously raided three schools in the Ahoro-Esinle and Yawota communities within the Oriire Local Government Area, carting away scores of pupils and teachers into dense forest reserves.
The incident has intensified pressure on federal lawmakers to rapidly decentralize the country’s heavily centralized policing model.
Adaramodu emphasized that the upper legislative chamber is determined to work in lockstep with the executive arm to ensure the safety of citizens, confirming that groundwork for the decentralization process has already been set in motion.
“The Senate is fully prepared to commence the constitutional processes for the establishment of state police without delay. The legislature is desirous of supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigerian public on this.”
