Nigeria's major police reform edges forward after senate approval
26 Jun 2026, 10:21 GMT
By FRANCE24
Source URL: https://www.france24.com/en/nigeria-s-major-police-reform-edges-forward-after-senate-approval
The Nigerian Senate on June 24 approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, concerns over the country's myriad conflicts were brought back into the spotlight recently after a mass school abduction in the typically safer southwest. But experts warn that putting Nigeria's 36 states in control of their own police could embolden the country's powerful governors in a nation where politics is already often violent. FRANCE 24's Sam Olukoya tells us more.