Policing a plurality of worlds: The Nigeria Police in metropolitan Kano, northern Nigeria
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Politics and International Studies
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| A Hills (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Hills A
(2011)
Policing a plurality of worlds: The Nigeria Police in metropolitan Kano
in African Affairs
| Description | • Kano's relative stability owes much to its traditional and state-based intelligence networks, but the critical variable is the role played by the police commissioner, the governor, the emir and the director general of the Islamic militia known as Hisbah • Kano has a mixed policing system that is defined in relation to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) - the NPF's role is primary, and coexistence is a stronger theme than collaboration or partnership • Despite the multiple perspectives and processes affecting policing, Kano's senior officers and officials know where the boundaries between the various policing groups are non-negotiable and where there is room for manoeuvre • The NPF is developing a locally appropriate form of policing that emphasises clarity of purpose, actionable intelligence and pro-active anti-crime operations • The NPF is a secular outsider in an Islamic environment, but, despite its considerable limitations, it is an outsider able to operate across Kano's vested interests and thereby keep the city functioning • Violence and extremism can be contained by pragmatism. |
| Exploitation Route | It could inform donor decision-making on police development/reform. It offers insight and explanation, rather than advice, and is unlikely to be 'put to use' as such. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | Brief based on insights from policing a plurality of worlds : the Nigeria police in metropolitan Kano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Three-page brief sent to British Council (Kano), DFID governance advisers (Kano), FCO (Conflict Group), ODI Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Coexistence, collaboration or plural policing? : policing in metropolitan Kano, Nigeria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Kano's stability in the light of Boko Haram's bombings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with BBC World Service journalist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Policing Kano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Policing a Nigeria post-conflict city |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Lecture given to department of politics, University of Nottingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Policing a post-conflict city : Kano |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at staff seminar at the University of Leeds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |