The IGP also ordered the Commissioner of Police (CP) Zaki Ahmed,
Rivers State, to write the Government of Rivers State over a recent
security bill passed by the State House of Assembly.
He said, “If you look at section 214 of the constitution the CPs
in states Commands have the supervisory role over the policemen
there, and all activities affiliated to security is their
responsibility.”
He stated that when a State is going to pass any local law to
establish any neighborhood watch, police input into that law is
needed.
He said without any input of the police into the draft of the
law, the Bill may not have passed all legal parameters.
Idris ordered the CP to write to the Governor, to know the
details of that law and see that it conforms to all laws in the
country.
The IGP also ordered the Commissioner of Police (CP) Zaki Ahmed,
Rivers State, to write the Government of Rivers State over a recent
security bill passed by the State House of Assembly.
He said, “If you look at section 214 of the constitution the CPs
in states Commands have the supervisory role over the policemen
there, and all activities affiliated to security is their
responsibility.”
He stated that when a State is going to pass any local law to
establish any neighborhood watch, police input into that law is
needed.
He said without any input of the police into the draft of the
law, the Bill may not have passed all legal parameters.
Idris ordered the CP to write to the Governor, to know the
details of that law and see that it conforms to all laws in the
country.
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