The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has submitted a comprehensive framework for the establishment of state police to the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, as part of ongoing efforts to decentralise policing in Nigeria.
The framework was presented on Thursday at the National Assembly, Abuja, to Senator Barau, who chairs the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, (as amended).
According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Isma’il Mudashir, the 75-page document was submitted on behalf of the IGP by chairman of the Nigeria Police Force committee tasked with examining modalities for the establishment of State Police, Professor Olu Ogunsakin.
Titled: ‘A Comprehensive Framework for the Establishment, Governance and Coordination of Federal and State Police’, the report outlines the proposed operational structure and coordination mechanisms for state policing in the country.
Speaking on the submission, the IGP said the document reflected the professional insights and strategic recommendations of the Nigeria Police Force following extensive consultations and assessments of the operational, legal and administrative implications of instituting State Police. “The report covers the considered views, professional insights and strategic recommendations of the Force, derived from extensive consultations and a careful assessment of the operational, legal and administrative implications of instituting state police in Nigeria”, he said.
Disu expressed optimism that the framework would contribute meaningfully to ongoing constitutional review deliberations and support informed and pragmatic decisions on Nigeria’s security architecture. He added that the report was forwarded as the Nigeria Police Force’s official input to the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
