TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Nigerian Police, Extra-Judicial Killings and the Dilemma of Human Security: A Theoretical Reflection
AU - Osuyi, Edo Zephaniah AU - Oritsedere, Sagay Jonathan 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
SP  - 132
EP  - 138
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2012.132.138
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2012.132.138
KW  - Nigerian Police Force
KW  -extra-judicial killings
KW  -human security
KW  -colonialism
KW  -colonial sensitivity
AB  - 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.
ER  -