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The Nigeria Police And Crime Control In Lagos Metropolis

Up till today, it is somehow very disturbing that despite the constitutional power granted to the police to maintain public peace, safety and general security in Nigeria the quality of security has nothing to be proud of and it has no doubt generated a great deal of controversies. In the past two decades events confirm a total breakdown of public order and security in Nigeria; the police has not been useful or helpful in promoting its own image before the general public as there were persistent cases of violent robbery, inter-ethnic conflicts religious crises, extra-judicial killings by securi…