The Senate has outlined a series of safeguards aimed at preventing state governors from abusing state police powers as the Red Chamber passed constitutional amendments to establish decentralised policing across Nigeria.
The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed the measures while leading debate on the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration (State Police) Bill, 2026, on Wednesday.
PUNCH Online reports that the Senate passed the bill following a rigorous clause-by-clause consideration and after more than two-thirds of senators voted in support through a manual voting process conducted on the floor of the chamber.
It now requires passage by the House of Representatives, presidential assent, and approval by a majority of state Houses of Assembly to become law.
Bamidele, in a statement from his office, said the proposed constitutional amendment seeks to create a decentralised policing structure while ensuring that governors cannot deploy state police for “partisan, ethnic, religious,
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