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Lanre Ikuteyijo

The Reform Agenda for Nigeria’s new Police Inspector

April 20, 2021

The appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as Nigeria’s acting Inspector General of Police on April 6, 2021, brought a kind of closure to calls for reform of the Nigerian security architecture. It was applauded in some quarters.

The main demand …

Disbanding SARS alone won’t Stop bad Policing in Nigeria

Lanre Ikuteyijo

October 13, 2020

A wave of protests has spread through Nigeria as citizens call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian police. This followed footage that went viral of the squad beating a man to death. …