Authors : Edo Zephaniah Osuyi and Sagay Jonathan Oritsedere
Abstract: The spate of extra legal killings in Nigeria has not only questioned the effectiveness and efficiency required by the police in carrying out their duties but it has also greatly undermined human security. Subsequently, the lawless state of the nation has engendered acrimonious relationship (manifest in the increased rate of kidnappings today in virtually every state of the federation) among the people which have further heighten the security dilemma in the country. This study attempts an historical excursion using the desktop approach in trying to explain and understand why every effort to stop such extra judicial murder and reposition the police force has woefully failed. The findings and position however, shows that the colonial sensitivity of the police force is largely responsible for its attitudinal disposition and the need therefore for a total re-orientation of the police institution is urgently required.
Edo Zephaniah Osuyi and Sagay Jonathan Oritsedere, 2012. The Nigerian Police, Extra-Judicial Killings and the Dilemma of Human Security: A Theoretical Reflection. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 9: 132-138.