In Nigeria, there were ***** units of police stations, police posts, commands, and headquarters as of 2017. Police posts were about two thousand, the most present in the country, followed by headquarters of divisions with *** thousand. Lastly, the total number of police stations amounted to *** thousand.
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NBS (Nigeria). (June 29, 2018). Number of police and security stations and commands in Nigeria in 2017, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201522/number-of-police-and-security-stations-in-nigeria/
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