The Man Died—Solomon Arase and Community Policing -By Prince Charles Dickson PhD

The late Chinua Achebe wrote, “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.” The police is a microcosm of that national tragedy. Change of uniforms, new mottos, and fancy mottos like “Bail is Free” amount to schlimbesserung—German for “improvement that makes things worse.”