Reps pass state police bill with 289 votes

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja

The House of Representatives, yesterday, altered the 1999 Constitution to create a framework for the establishment of state police.

A total of 289 members voted in favour of the state police bill, which decentralises policing and empowers state governments to set up their own police force.

The speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, said the House, through the passage of the state…