About six in 10 Nigerians believe that the police is corrupt. According to a survey conducted in 2020, 35.5 percent of the respondents stated that most policemen and policewomen were corrupt, while 25.5 percent of them thought that everyone in the police force was corrupt.
How many policemen and policewomen do you think are involved in corruption?
Nationally representative, random, clustered, stratified, multi-stage area probability sample.
The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "How many of the following people do you think are involved in corruption, or haven’t you heard enough about them to say: Police?"
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Afrobarometer. (October 11, 2021). How many policemen and policewomen do you think are involved in corruption? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272344/perceived-police-corruption-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer. "How many policemen and policewomen do you think are involved in corruption?." Chart. October 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272344/perceived-police-corruption-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer. (2021). How many policemen and policewomen do you think are involved in corruption?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272344/perceived-police-corruption-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer. "How Many Policemen and Policewomen Do You Think Are Involved in Corruption?." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272344/perceived-police-corruption-in-nigeria/
Afrobarometer, How many policemen and policewomen do you think are involved in corruption? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272344/perceived-police-corruption-in-nigeria/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
How many policemen and policewomen do you think are involved in corruption? [Graph], Afrobarometer, October 11, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272344/perceived-police-corruption-in-nigeria/
