Femi Akintunde-Johnson When an institution and the citizens it is meant to protect begin to look at each other with mutual suspicion, something fundamental has broken. That, in plain language, is the present chord between Nigerians and the Nigeria Police Force: stretched, frayed and perilously close to snapping. Most Nigerians do not see the police as friends. They do not instinctively run towards an officer in distress; they step aside, wary. The uniform evokes not reassurance but calculation. “How do I avoid trouble?” has replaced “How do I get help?” That inversion is tragic for any republic. Into this brittle atmosphere steps Acting Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, decorated by President Bola Tinubu with the charge to make the Force “better than he met it”. The President spo...