The structure of the Nigeria police force is provided for in section 214(2) (a) and 215 (2) of the 1999 constitution. These sections provide inter alia, section 214 (2) (a)
“Subject to the provision of this constitution (a) the Nigeria police shall be organized and administered in accordance with such provisions as many be prescribed by an Act of the national assembly.
Section 215(2) provides:
“The Nigeria police force shall be under the command of the inspector general of police and any contingents of the Nigeria Police force stationed in a state shall; subject to the authority of the inspector general of police, be under the command of commissioner of police of that state”
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