Benchmark Journals INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL BENCHMARK (IJEB), eISSN: 2489-0170 pISSN:2489-4162 University of Uyo Vol. 4(1) 2016 Page 18 Image of the Nigeria Police as Portrayed in Georgie Iortema’s Night Duty: Implication for the Nigerian Republic T. Terver Udu, Ph.D Department of Curriculum & Teaching, Benue State University, Makurdi E-mail: goldudu2013@gmail.com Abstract: This article featured a literary analysis of Georgie Iortema’s play, Night Duty, which portrays a negative image of the Nigeria Police. The constitutional duty of the Nigerian police is to maintain public safety and public order. In practice, many members of the Nigeria Police are lawbreakers. There are many instances of these law enforcement agents caught fighting, demanding and accepting bribe, killing indiscriminately, and raping women, etc. Disturbed by this development, Georgie Iortema takes a swipe on the Nigeria Police in the book Night Duty, where he reveals artistically the obnoxious and nefarious acts of the men and officers of the Police Force who commonly trample on the rights of the citizens. The article highlights the negative life of the police that depicts moral bankruptcy, depravity, desperation and misery both in their domestic and public life. The article recommended among other things that the National Orientation Agency should make video clips of the play text as a resource material in its campaign to the public on the ills of immorality and social and financial corruption. Key words: Image, Night Duty, Nigeria Police, Drama Background of the Study Many African communities and/or countries have a number of problems in common: corruption, tribal nationalism, insecurity, ethnic rivalry, economic oppression, leadership struggle, unstable governments, just to mention a few. These problems are attractive themes for literary expression. The creative writer, like a few other concerned figures makes inroads into the numerous problems facing society and uses his literary prowess to woo public sympathy about the problem, and canvass for solutions to the ills of society. In the same vein, Nwabueze (2011), named the creative writer the referee who tries to correct those that violate the rules of the game of life. Asigbo (2013) is of the opinion that creative writers “…not only write to condemn but must point out the way forward” he creative writer represents the action