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    THE ODYSSEY OF A HISTORIAN OF THE POLICE
    (Obafemi Awolowo University Press., 2022-04-12) ROTIMI, Emmanuel Olukemi
    Many Nigerians think of "policing" as a body of men (and/or women) constituted by a political authority to enforce laws made by the governing elite came with colonial rule. No. A major thrust of my academic research into the subject is to show that prior to colonial rule, centralized state systems in Nigeria had had bodies of men, located in the palaces of paramount rulers, who did the duty of enforcing laws, apprehending criminals, and bringing violators to justice.