Cobwebs, cockroaches and forgotten boxes: The silent decay of Mike Okiro’s Lagos Police Information Points

Reported by Vanguard Nigeria · yesterday 03:06 · Emmanuel Okogba

By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA Years after Sir Mike Mbama Okiro served as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State and later rose to become Inspector-General of Police, a quiet but telling symbol of institutional neglect stands along some of the city’s streets and junctions. The police information boxes he…

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