A house of representatives committee on constitution amendment has rejected a bill seeking to establish state police.The bill sponsored by Onofiok Luke, a lawmaker from Akwa Ibom, and which has passed second reading at the lower legislative chamber in July 2021, seeks to move powers in section 214 (c) from the exclusive list to the concurrent list, to empower “both the national assembly and houses of assembly of states to legislate on police and other security matters”.The bill was put to vote by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Idris Wase, who is the Chairman of the Committee, following a cal…