The House of Representatives has passed the state police bill.
This resolution followed the voting on the floor during the plenary session on Thursday, presided over by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas.
According to Abbas, 288 lawmakers voted in support of the bill, while four were against it, a day after the lawmakers dedicated Thursday to debating the bill.
The lawmakers voted on the bill by a show of hands as the speaker explained that the electronic voting system is not functional.
Meanwhile, the Senate has passed the bill on the establishment of state police through second reading.
It deferred the debate to the Senate Committee on Constitutional Review. During the plenary, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio said the lawmakers will vote on the bill during their next sitting.
