A civil society group, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, along with three other plaintiffs, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the procedure used by the House of Representatives to pass a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police in Nigeria. The suit, numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/2191/2026, was filed under Order 3, Rules 2 and 9 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019. The plaintiffs are asking the court to declare the passage of the State Police Bill unconstitutional, null, and of no effect. The case has not yet been assigned to a judge.
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