COMMUNITY POLICING IN NIGERIA AS AN ANTIDOTE TO CRIME

Events spread across the history of Nigeria and that of the Nigeria Police have shown that policing a country as vast as Nigeria is not a tea party. In recent times, violent crime has been on the upsurge and many high profile instances of police misbehaviour, criminality and malpractice continue to hit the media. The violent assassinations of prominent citizens has raised a problem that simply cannot be wished away. The national police in several countries have often been used to intimidate and rule citizens. This has given the Police a bad reputation and they are more frequently seen as part of. the problem, rather than as the protectors of individual freedoms of expression, religion, association and so on.