<img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-large.png" alt="Police move against political thuggery, engage Rivers, Akwa Ibom’s youths ahead 2027" srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-medium.png 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-284x162.png 284w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-254x145.png 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-210x120.png 210w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-100x57.png 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1-285x163.png 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Nigerias-state-police-1.png 700w" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" class=" pl" /><p>Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry</p>
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