If Mohammed Abubakar Adamu leaves as Inspector-General of Police by the end of January 2021, how would the people remember his two-year tenure? The answer that would jump to most minds could be the #EndSARS protest. Yet it is the type of narrative that he would not want to be associated with his stay his tenure. Advertisement The police claim they are misunderstood. Adamu’s tenure is wrapped in that understanding that that denies the police a chance to explain their unique challenges that straddle serving the public mainly at the instance of those who dictate what they consider national interest. The police cannot please anyone even if they try.