In a country grappling with serious security challenges, police checkpoints on Nigerian roads are expected to serve as deterrents against crime. However, what was designed as a security mechanism to safeguard lives and property has increasingly become a site of anxiety, coercion, and systemic abuse.
Across cities, towns and highways, motorists encounter police officers stationed at frequent intervals, often at locations where no checkpoints previously existed. What were once occasional
In a country grappling with serious security challenges, police checkpoints on Nigerian roads are expected to serve as deterrents against crime. However, what was designed as a security mechanism to safeguard lives and property has increasingly become a site of anxiety, coercion, and systemic abuse.
Across cities, towns and highways, motorists encounter police officers stationed at frequent intervals, often at locations where no checkpoints previously existed. What were once occasional
