| Armed robbery is one ugly social vice which is | | | | The government established the Nigerian Police Force |
| believed to exist in all countries of the world. | | | | (NPF) and charged the men in black with the |
| However, it seems that the menace is rampant in | | | | responsibility of checking armed robbery and other |
| developing and underdeveloped nations of the world. | | | | crimes in the society. But it seems the spate of |
| Nigeria has about 140 million people. The population is | | | | armed robbery in the country is increasing |
| made up of a good number of the healthy working | | | | exponentially by the day. Does is it mean that the |
| population. This working population is mainly young | | | | Police Force are not doing enough? |
| people who are skilled labor, semi-skilled labor, or | | | | The problem is that the police are not yet well |
| unskilled labor. Most of these young people leave | | | | equipped to tackle the menace. In addition, there are |
| school without being employed for years. | | | | many bad eggs in the police force that go as far as |
| They are not unemployed because they can't work | | | | collaborating with the armed robbers. The |
| but simply because there are no job opportunities | | | | government should ensure that those recruited into |
| where they can fit in themselves. Some of them | | | | the force are people of good reputation. The |
| roam the streets in search of menial jobs in order to | | | | government should adequately equip and fund the |
| make both ends meet while the lazy ones or those | | | | police force. |
| that felt that the society is not happy with them | | | | The bad eggs that are already in the police force |
| becomes angry and turn to armed robbery among | | | | should be detected and flushed out. The police force |
| other social vices too numerous to mention. | | | | should go on training tour from time to time. |