Senate initiate process of introducing State and Community Police

In a pragmatic move, the senate has resolved to as quickly as possible make constitutional amendment to facilitate the “Passage of the State Police” in the ongoing Constitutional amendment Process.
Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, Senate President, Bukola Saraki said: “Today, my colleagues and I in the eighth Senate resolved to begin the process of amending the Constitution to allow for the creation of State and Community Police. This is following our debate on solutions to the killings across the country.”
“We have talked about the fact that whether these killings were initial acts of aggression or reprisal attacks, it is clear that either way, it is totally unacceptable and we must condemn it in all totality,” he said.
“Secondly, these are acts of criminality and we should not encourage any other colouration to it, be it religious or otherwise. This is criminality. And as such, we have a role to ensure that we must address this criminality to see how we can fight it.
“We have spoken on many platforms and made suggestions to the Executive on the fact that there is a need for an urgent review of the security architecture of the nation,” he said.
The focus of this current Senate deliberation on insecurity and State Police:
1)Constitutional amendment for State and community police.
2)Passage of police reform Bill.
3)Confirmation of new police service commission members
4)Consideration of security summit report.
5)Constitutional review as it relates to role of national security agencies coordination.