Nigerian Police

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The Nigeria Police
Abbreviation NPF
Fáìlì:Nigeria Police logo.jpg
Logo of the The Nigeria Police.
Fáìlì:Nigeria Police officer badge.jpg
Badge of the Nigeria Police officers
Motto Police is your friend
Agency overview
Formed 1930
Preceding agencies
  • Northern Nigeria Police (NNP)
  • Southern Nigeria Police (SNP)
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Nigeria
Size 923,768 km2
Population 206 million
Governing body Ministry of Police Affairs
Constituting instruments
  • Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)
  • Nigeria Police Act 2020
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Louis Edet House, Abuja
Sworn members 371,800 officers [1]
Agency executive IGP Usman Alkali Baba, Inspector-General of Police
Website
npf.gov.ng

Nigeria Police jẹ́ ẹ̀ka pàtàkì nínú ilé-iṣẹ́ agbófinró ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà[2]. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin àgbà orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà ṣe fi lélẹ̀ ní ọdún 1999, ilé-iṣẹ́ ọlọ́pá ní àṣẹ láti ní ẹ̀ka jákè-jádò orígun orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà[3]. Nígbà tí yóò fi di ọdún 2016, àwọn tí wọ́n jẹ́ òṣìṣẹ́ ilé-iṣẹ́ yí ti tó 371,800.[4], ìjọba àpapọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà ń gbèrò láti mú àlékún bá àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ ibẹ̀ sí 650,000 nígbà tí wọ́n bá fi 280,000 kún 370,000. Ilé-iṣẹ́ ọlọ́pá ni ó jẹ́ àjọ ìjọba àpapọ̀ kan tí ó tóbí jùlọ pẹ̀lú bí wọ́n ṣe ní ẹ̀ka káàkiri Ìpínlẹ̀ mẹ́rìndínlógójì tí ó wà ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà , tí wọ́n pín sí ẹkùn mètàdínlógún àti ẹ̀ka àṣẹ mẹ́jọ[5]. [6] Ní àsìkò tí a ń kọ àyọkà yí, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ Inspector General of Police (Nigeria)|IGP (Inspector General) ni Usman Alkali Baba[7][8]. Oríṣiríṣi àtúntò ni ó dé bá ilé-iṣẹ́ náà ní ọdún 2020 látàrí rógan ti END SARS tí ó wáyébláàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́ àti àwọn ọlọ́pá jákè-jádò Nàìjíríà[9][10].

Ìtàn[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]

Wọ́n ilé-iṣẹ́ àjọ ọlọ́pá sílẹ̀ ní ọdún 1820 ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà[11].

Ní ọdún 1879, àwọn ẹ̀yà Hausa tí wọ́n jẹ́ 1,200 níye tí wón jẹ́ kọ́nstebu ni wọ́n fi bẹ̀rẹ̀ ẹ̀ka àjọ yí. [12] Nígbà tí ó fi ma di ọdún 1896, wọ́n ṣe ìfilọ́lẹ̀ ilé-iṣẹ́ ọlọ́pá ní ní Èkó tí ó jẹ́ olú ìlú fún orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà nígbà náà[13]. Bákan náà ni wọ́n ṣ’ẹ̀dá irú rẹ̀náà ní ẹkùn Niger Coast, ní ìlú Calabar ní ọdún 1894 l'ábẹ́ ilẹ̀ tuntun tí wọ́n dá sílẹ̀ tí wọ́n pè ní: (Niger Coast Protectorate). Ní apá òkè ọya lọ́hùn ún, ilé-iṣẹ́ Royal Niger Company ṣe agbékalẹ̀ ọlọ́pá tiwọn náà tí wọ́n pè ní : ‘’Royal Niger Company Constabulary ní ọdún 1888 tí wọ́n sì fi ìlú Lokoja ṣe olú Ilé-iṣẹ́ náà.[14]

Àwọn ìtọ́ka sí[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]

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  14. AKINOLA, BOLAJI (2012-07-25) (in en). Authority Stealing: How Greedy Politicians and Corporate Executives Loot the World'S Most Populous Black Nation. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4772-1891-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=i8LQKx0qmCkC&pg=PA26. Retrieved 21 July 2020.