State Police: Tinubu’s Home State Lagos Delays Approval (SEE FULL LIST OF APPROVING(24), AWAITING(12) STATES)

State Police: Tinubu’s Home State Lagos Delays Approval (SEE FULL LIST OF APPROVING(24), AWAITING(12) STATES)

Despite President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s apparent backing for the establishment of state police nationwide, his own constituency Lagos has so far failed to grant approval for the constitutional amendment necessary to back the scheme.

The states that approved state police were 24 by Friday, fulfilling the constitutionally-required benchmark needed for the Bill to become law.

The National Assembly transmitted the State Police Bill, formally known as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, to all 36 state Houses of Assembly on September 16, 2026.

Under Section 9 of the Constitution, passing the constitutional amendment requires approval from at least two-thirds (24 out of 36) of the state assemblies.

These 24 states have approved the Bill:

1. Adamawa
2. Delta
3. Edo
4. Kwara
5. Nasarawa
6. Ogun
7. Osun
8. Oyo
9. Plateau
10. Rivers
11. Taraba
12. Zamfara
13. Enugu
14. Anambra
15. Imo
16. Ekiti
17. Kebbi
18. Akwa Ibom
19. Bayelsa
20. Benue
21. Cross River
22. Abia
23. Yobe
24. Kaduna

These 24 states have not approved the Bill:

1. Lagos
2. Ondo
3. Ebonyi
4. Kogi
5. Niger
6. Borno
7. Gombe
8. Bauchi
9. Jigawa
10. Katsina
11. Kano
12. Sokoto.