JUST IN: Kwara Assembly approves state police bill

File photo: The National Assembly building in Abuja.
File photo: The National Assembly building in Abuja. Photo: Ovinuchi Prince Ejiohuo / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved a proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution to provide a legal framework for establishing state police in the country. The House approved…

The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved a proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution to provide a legal framework for establishing state police in the country. The House approved the amendment during Tuesday’s plenary after the Speaker, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, read a letter from the Clerk of the National Assembly on the proposed constitutional alteration.

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