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Louis investigated the chaotic policing of Nigeria's former capital (they switched the capital to Abuja in 1991, as all pub quiz regulars know). In the streets and markets of Lagos, "area boys" (gangs of local youths controlled by transport union officials) compete for authority with a paramilitary task force called KAI, which stands for Kick Against Indiscipline. Instinctively, you know it's the sort of dispute you wouldn't want to be in the middle of, but that's exactly where Louis is, patrolling with one side one day, the other the next, asking politely worded questions about how the whole corrupt and inherently unstable system works.