B - Nigeria Police Force
214. (1) There shall be a police force for Nigeria, which shall be known as the Nigeria Police Force, and subject
to the provisions of this section no other police force shall be established for the Federation or any part thereof.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution (a) the Nigeria Police Force shall be organised and administered in accordance with such provisions as may be
prescribed by an act of the National Assembly;
(b) the members of the Nigeria Police shall have such powers and duties as maybe conferred upon them by law;
(c) the National Assembly may make provisions for branches of the Nigeria Police Force forming part of the
armed forces of the Federation or for the protection of harbours, waterways, railways and air fields.
215. (1) There shall be (a) an Inspector-General of Police who, subject to section 216(2) of this Constitution shall be appointed by the
President on the advice of the Nigeria Police Council from among serving members of the Nigeria Police Force;
(b) a Commissioner of Police for each state of the Federation who shall be appointed by the Police Service
Commission.
(2) The Nigeria Police Force shall be under the command of the Inspector-General of Police and 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 the Commissioner of Police of that state.
(3) The President or such other Minister of the Government of the Federation as he may authorise in that behalf
may give to the Inspector-General of Police such lawful directions with respect to the maintenance and securing
of public safety and public order as he may consider necessary, and the Inspector-General of Police shall comply
with those direction or cause them to be compiled with.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Governor of a state or such Commissioner of the Government
state as he may authorise in that behalf, may give to the Commissioner of Police of that state such lawful
directions with respect to the maintenance and securing of public safety and public order within the state as he
may consider necessary, and the Commissioner of Police shall comply with those directions or cause them to be
complied with:
Provided that before carrying out any such directions under the foregoing provisions of this subsection the
Commissioner of Police may request that the matter be referred to the President or such minister of the
Government of the Federation as may be authorised in that behalf by the President for his directions.
(5) The question whether any, and if so what, directions have been given under this section shall not be inquired
into in any court.
216. (1) Subject to the provisions of this constitution, the Nigeria Police Council may, with the approval of the
President and subject to such conditions as it may think fit, delegate any of the powers conferred upon it by this
Constitution to any of its members or to the Inspector-General of Police or any other member of the Nigeria
Police Force.
(2) Before making any appointment to the office of the Inspector-General of Police or removing him from office
the President shall consult the Nigeria Police Council.
C - Armed Forces of the Federation.
217. (1) There shall be an armed forces for the Federation which shall consist of an army, a navy, an Air Force
and such other branches of the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National
Assembly.
(2) The Federation shall, subject to an Act of the National Assembly made in that behalf, equip and maintain the
armed forces as may be considered adequate and effective for the purpose of (a) defending Nigeria from external aggression;
(b) maintaining its territorial integrity and securing its borders from violation on land, sea, or air;