The Nigeria Police is a primus interpares as regards what the Americans call homeland security. It is established by the law to inter alia maintain the law and order by detecting crimes, apprehending criminals and their subsequent prosecution, see Section 4 of the Police Act 2020. It is so privileged to perform these functions through a decentralised security architectural network across the geopolitical spaces within the country, with divisional offices and outposts spawning the length and breadth of the country, albeit, with insufficient manpower. Over the years, the police used to be so effective that young children and even the
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