The Fear Of Tyranny: Discrepancies In Nigeria’s State Police Reform And The Challenges Of Democratic Governance, By Daniel Nduka Okonkwo

The country's uncharted constitutional territory, a landmark reform, now devolves policing powers to all 36 states for the first time in the country's history. The move promises a more localised approach to security in a nation long plagued by insurgency, banditry, and communal violence. Yet it also raises fears, well-founded fears, of unchecked executive power at the state level, where weak institutions, political patronage, and a culture of impunity could rapidly transform law enforcement into a tool of repression.

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