Minority caucus walks out as Reps pass state police bill
Addressing journalists after the protest, the Minority Leader of the House, Fred Agbedi (PDP, Bayelsa), said the caucus was not opposed to the creation of state police but rejected what it described as the disregard of constitutional provisions and the Standing Orders of the House in the passage of the bill.
Mr Ogene said the state police proposal was a constitutional alteration bill and not an ordinary amendment, adding that Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution required the participation of at least two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly in the process of altering the Constitution.
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives on Thursday staged a walkout during plenary, protesting the manner in which the House considered and passed a bill seeking to establish state police in Nigeria.
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