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application of educe confessional statements from suspects, and transparent corruption carries on
being characteristic of the Nigerian police in the capable democracy (Ivkovic 594).
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), founded in 1930, has a rich history of involving in
unethical, fraudulent, as well as illegal behavior. For many decades, this unmanageable force-
Africa’s biggest-has confirmed hard to efficiently manage plus control, where it has become
hugely inexplicable to the citizens that they should serve. The police came into being in its
current form as a British colonial formation. Through colonialism and domination and on the
other side, by neo-colonialism and diffusion the force was reengineered and incorporated into the
world capitalism. Thus, the current Nigerian police are the brainchild of British colonial
government and dates back to 1861, after the annexation of Lagos. The British Consul
responsible for administration of Lagos create a Consular Guard in Lagos through a Police Act
of 1861 that was regularized in 1879 through an ordinance forming a “consultancy” for the
colony in Lagos. In 1943, the Northern and Western regions created their regional police forces
and al were merged in 1968. The Nigerian Constitutions from 1979 created the NPF as the
national police of Nigeria (Amusan, & Saka 106).
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is established under Section 214 of 199 Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which is a federal police. The state and local governments are
not allowed to establish their police forces. The NPF are headed by the inspector general police
(IGP), who is presidential appointee following consultations with the Nigeria Police Council.
The second in rank is the deputy inspector general who helps the IGP in his/her roles. The next
in rank are the assistant inspector generals who are responsible for overseeing police operations
in different departments at the NPF based in Lagos. Nigerian Police Force commands in every

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