The Kebbi State House of Assembly has adopted the National Assembly’s position on establishing State Police Services nationwide.
This followed the House Committee on Home Affairs and Internal Security’s adoption of its report at plenary on Wednesday presided over by the Speaker Rt. Hon. Salihu Maikasuwa Dangoje.
Presenting the report the Committee Chairman Rt. Hon. Muhammad Garba Bena recalled that the House at its sitting on Tuesday October 20 2026 received the Constitution Alteration Bill from the National Assembly which seeks to establish State Police and committed it to the Committee for further legislative action.
He said the Committee after thoroughly scrutinising the Bill’s 26 sections unanimously agreed that establishing State Police is in the best interests of Kebbi State and the nation at large given the country’s current security challenges.
After the presentation the House put the matter to a vote: 20 of the 24 members present voted in favour of the Bill while four members were absent.
The House therefore adopted the Bill for the Establishment of State Police Services (Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 Sixth Alteration Bill 2026) having secured the required two-thirds majority as stipulated by the Constitution.
The House also directed its Clerk to transmit its resolution to the National Assembly for further action.