Presidency: State Police Close at Hand Amid Rising Insecurity

The Presidency has announced that the creation of state police forces to address insecurity in the country is imminent.

Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, revealed this during a briefing to State House correspondents on Thursday, following a high‑level consultative meeting convened by the Presidency at the State House in Abuja.

Gbajabiamila said the Federal Government has made significant progress toward establishing state police, with a constitutional amendment expected in the coming weeks.

He explained that discussions on the framework for state police began three to four months ago after a direct directive from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

"Establishing state police is not something that you do with the snap of the fingers. There is a lot involved in terms of constitution and legalities," he said. "Thank God we have now gained a lot of traction. Hopefully, the amendment will come shortly, and the details of the amendment will come after that. It is close at hand," he added.

The Chief of Staff further clarified that the talks have now moved to the stage of fine‑tuning the necessary constitutional amendments, after which an enabling law will be enacted.

"Right now, what we are looking at is the constitutional amendment itself, and then the enabling law would follow thereafter," Gbajabiamila said.

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives noted that the national conversation has shifted from whether state police should be established to how best to design its legal and institutional framework, adding that there is broad support across the country for the initiative.