SSS killings: Police have no say, Okiro, PSC boss

Our Reporter September 24, 2013
Abuja

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and chairman of Police Service Commission
(PSC), [/b] Mike Okiro, yesterday said the police had no case to answer over the Apo
killings by men of the Department of the State Security Services (SSS). Okiro said not even the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, could
speak on the matter since the SSS did not carry the police along for the operation. [b] At least seven people were killed during an alleged shoot out between men of the SSS
and suspected Boko Haram members at Apo, last weekend. The PSC boss, who spoke during a media briefing to mark his first 100 days in office,
however, [/b] challenged members of the media to probe deeper into the matter as he
refused to make further comment.[b] This was just as one of the suspected Boko Haram victims shot by the SSS, who had been
on admission at the Asokoro General Hospital, died yesterday morning. Speaking on challenges facing the police, the former IGP said the force, currently being
repositioned was faced with some challenges like terrorism, kidnapping, gang rape,
armed robbery and other violent crimes. According to him, this has made re-positioning a more herculean task. Okiro listed under funding, poor inter-agency collaboration, absence of a national policy
and strategy on crime prevention and control, national criminal Intelligence sharing plan
as well as a national policy on deliberate planned police/public partnership in crime
control as some of the ingredients needed to curb terrorism and other violent crimes in
the country. The former IGP said that some cadet inspectors, who found their ways into the police
college with fake credentials had been shown the way out, adding that he would
concentrate more on issues of recruitment, promotion, welfare of staff of his
commission, delay in determining police disciplinary matters, dress code for members of
the police and restructuring the police. On restructuring of the police for greater efficiency and effectiveness, Okiro said the PSC,
has recommended that Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), be deployed to the
zonal headquarters and replaced with Assistant Inspectors General of Police at the Force,
Headquarters to the presidency for urgent consideration.

Source; http://sunnewsonline.com/new/national/sss-killings-police-have-no-say-okiro-psc-boss/

police is challenging members of the public to probe sss/dss, abeg who go probe police for all the accidental discharge and incompentence displayed over the years. I don't understand our agencies oo, no wonder security is a problem in nigeria, because of lack of cooperation. See as police wan climb army and sss head!!

Smh