The Ekiti and Kebbi State Houses of Assembly have endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment for the establishment of state police, bringing the number of supporting states to 15.
While Ekiti lawmakers passed the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, Kebbi lawmakers adopted a resolution supporting decentralised policing.
In Kebbi, 20 lawmakers backed the proposal during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Salihu Dangoje.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Internal Security, Muhammad Garba Bena, said state police would strengthen security operations, improve responses to threats and protect lives and property.
In Ekiti, all 21 lawmakers present supported the bill, with Speaker Adeoye Aribasoye directing the Clerk to transmit it to the National Assembly alongside the legislature’s observations.
Aribasoye said decentralised policing could address challenges such as delayed responses to distress calls and the limited operational reach of security agencies.
The latest endorsements bring to 15 the number of states that have backed the proposed amendment, including Osun, Edo, Oyo, Rivers, Zamfara, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ogun, Delta, Taraba, Cross River, Plateau and Enugu.
At least 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states must support the amendment to meet the required two-thirds majority
