IG •Disbands all squads, teams •Laments commercialisation of the force:
Written by Chris Agbambu, Abuja
Tuesday, 14 February 2012.
THE Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, has directed the immediate dismantling of all intra state and highway roadblocks which constitute nuisance, especially in Lagos, Edo  and the south-eastern states.
Also, he ordered the disbandment of all squads, teams or any other operational or investigating outfit under whatever name and collapsing such into the original structures recognised by police standards.
The IGP, who read the Riot Act on Monday while addressing ACPs of Police Commands in charge of operations and CIDs in Abuja, warned that henceforth, he would hold Command Operation Officers and ACP CIDs personally and directly responsible for operational and investigative misdemeanours occurring within their jurisdictions.
According to him,  any observed non-compliance with these directives and subsequent ones which will be issued from time to time will attract severe sanctions as his administration will not be frustrated by officers’ non-committal attitude to work, nor will it tolerate indiscipline, indolence, corruption, inefficiency and all the negative tendencies that have brought much disgrace to the force.
While lamenting that the Nigeria Police had fallen to its lowest level and had become a subject of ridicule within the law enforcement community and among members of the enlarged public, the IGP noted that police duties had been commercialised and provided at the whims and caprices of the highest bidder.
“Our men are deployed to rich individuals and corporate entities such that we lack manpower to provide security for the common man, our investigation departments cannot equitably handle matters unless those involved have money to part with.”
He said it was sad that complainants suddenly became suspects at different investigation levels, following spurious petitions filed with the connivance of police officers.
Also, he said the anti-robbery squad (SARS) had become killer teams, engaging in deals for land speculators and debt collection, while toll stations, in the name of checkpoints, adorned the highways with policemen, shamefully collecting money from motorists in the full glare of the public.
The IGP regretted that justice had been perverted, people’s rights denied, innocent people committed to prison, torture and extra-judicial killings perpetrated and so many people arbitrarily detained in cells because they could not afford the illegal bail being demanded.
These illegalities, he noted, thrived under the command of police bosses because they had compromised the soul of their profession.
“Our respect is gone and the Nigerian public has lost even the slightest confidence in the ability of police to do any good thing,” he lamented.
He said they must purge the system of corruption which crippled and frustrated every honest effort at reforming the police, as exemplified in the total failure of the multiple efforts of government at reforming the force.
Abubakar said he was fully abreast of the administrative and operational challenges which they had been encountering in the conduct of their duties and had already begun to address some of them.
However, he warned that those problems could not justify or serve as excuses for the myriad of uncouth and unprofessional conduct of police officers and men across the country.
He also directed the immediate release of all persons detained in police cells without lawful justification, adding that they must enforce discipline among their subordinates.
Meanwhile, acting IGP has constituted a committee to review all cases of Boko Haram suspects arrested between 2010 till date.
Informed police sources disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune that the IGP was not happy when he went through the files of all the Boko Haram suspects arrested and released without concluded investigations.
He consequently directed the committee to study all the case files, harmonise them and find any possible means of re-arresting the suspects.
The source told the Nigerian Tribune that the IGP said if the investigations had been properly carried out, the key members and sponsors of Boko Haram would not have posed any threat now.
It was also gathered that the committee, which has since commenced work, had directed all commissioners of police in the affected states to forward all cases of Boko Haram suspects to them.
Nigerian Tribune also gathered that the IGP was already making plans to constitute a strong squad to confront the Boko Haram menace, after the committee might have concluded its assignment.


http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/35951-no-more-roadblocks-ig-disbands-all-squads-teams-laments-commercialisation-of-the-force

We v heard these warnings b4 from IGP's b4 u sir all d same u speak with so much passion with lots of optimism in sanitizing the NPF. Im giving u d benefit of douth sir and hope u wnt fall my hands o. WISH U LUCK.

Talk is cheap Mr IGP. Anyways lets wait and see, hopefully this is the IGP Nigeria was been waiting for for years.

Initial gra-gra. mtcheeww!

I’m willing to bet that, asked to enumerate the duties of the police, most Nigerians are likely to list bribe-taking as first choice

Those boys nor go listen. Dem nor snd IGP. Just hold the DPO responsible. Those are the people they deliver their daily collection to.

We have heard this talk before

Double edge sword decision thus, on the one hand, it is good, no more egunje for those bastar*ds in black and a sigh of relief for transporters but it could be a bountiful harvest period for men of the underworld who would raid our highways with impunity.

I AM WILLING TO GIVE THE NEW IGP THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT HE WILL WALK THE TALK. ITS HIGH TIME SOMEONE TOLD THE POLICE THE HOME TRUTH AND MR ABUBAKAR HAS TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORN. HE NEEDS OUR UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT TO CLEAN UP THE POLICE AS THE ALTERNATIVE IS ANARCHY. PREVIOUS IGP'S HAVE SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR SO LETS WAIT AND SEE WHETHER THERE WILL BE A DIFERENCE. I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK

We are used to this music oga IGP

Na today, Abeg if this MD guy no get wetin im wan take start make he put another tory,

Total Crap!

Tafa Bologun, Ehidero, Ringing, they all said d same jst like u. At d end police has become business center, DPO bank manager, seagent killer. Police make millions on daily basis. So, police serve yahoo boys. Wat new?

The same story

LAGBAJA don sing am b4, "No do no do no do Gra Gra 4 me here"

Nice try, but with an inspector's monthly salary @ ($154, £115) N30k per month, I do not think this will go very far.  

I do not understand how we actually expect the police to survive on this kind of money.  This is why the Nigerian police is owned by the rich.

If I give an inspector N50k a year, he will be my personal body guard, escort and use the police facilities and man power to serve me, even if I am a criminal.  We need to ensure that the Police get paid a comfortable salary (into their bank accounts).

The Police is a big disgrace at the moment, because they are institutionalised beggars licensed to intimidate the citizens with the backing o the Federal Government.

This order sounds familiar.

kokoA:

Initial gra-gra. mtcheeww!

Hehehe

I can bet my balls there will be zero compliance with this order. I've said it long time ago,the solution is to give this policemen receipts so that they can issue to drivers and use the money raised to pay wages. Let's face it,road blocks are here to stay but their activities can be regulated.

http://www.newsng.com/story-detail.php?title=Onovo-orders-removal-of-checkpoints&story=bfb0098f7e

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The Inspector General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, has ordered the immediate dismantling of road blocks in the South-east. The absence of police officers from the ubiquitous checkpoints became noticeable on Tuesday when they were not seen at points where they usually extort money from motorists.

Na today?? People deceiving themselves.

Mr. IGP, you ideas are good on paper. What you need to do is to reorient and retrain your men and also be ready to make scape goat of erring officers. The image of Nigeria police is so battered that it require drastic and decisive action to salvage. It is so bad that bribes are being demanded and collected even at the Police station. The good Lord will see you through.

[size=18pt]Ok now. He gave an ORDER, nor be story him read.

Abeg enough of the whining. Its enough people. Aba!


Its our turn as civilians to keep the police in check, with all the rubbish that have been happening in this country, are you guys just gonna turn a blind eye and still lose faith? Abeg make una cool down, he gave an order, we the civil society should hold him and the police by this orders not to start saying 'story, story'

Enough of this nonsense you guys are spewing here. Lets do our own part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

Na today, nor bi today yansh dey back, as am talking now from Ologbo to warri their about 14 check point collecting money from motorist, what the probe to JOS crises was his name fingered in aiding one group

I hope the days of rhetoric is over.

DCO, DPO'sssss go dey laugh at teh IG comment. When most of dem get project wey dem dey finance with money from check point? IG dey talk and when dey go back, dem go strategise and form another tactise to use. Maybe, some go become robbers in the night and police during the day. Since dey talk high ways, dem go now enter sub-roads so that dem go dey wait for Okada and commercial vehcles and if they refuse the 50naiara or 100 because of subsidey, dey will now kill and call it accidental discharge.

i love that

NL is becoming a bunch of guys who don't mean well for Nigeria. They spew all kinds of negativity and crap. If you hate this country so much, why not relocate to another country. The man has taking a stand and to be honest, no former IG has ever critisized the police force like this man just did. No one has ever spoken the truth like this. Whether he will match it with action remains to be seen but he deserves to be given the benefit of doubt and help to his word. He has even provided direct numbers to his office. Let's all come together and do our part. Most of you spewing crap have nothing to contribute to Nigeria but ur negativity and evil wish. What have you ever done for Nigeria? Nonsense!

hmm Oga ABU,u dey blow hot o.Ya boys no go dey see ROJA as before and they themselves would constitute nuisance and menace to the public.Abeg sofry sofry.

They would just be off maybe a week, Road block na d main market 4 d men in black!!!

[size=14pt]Please add your own Favourite Sayings of the Nigerian Police.[/size]

1.  How for weekend ?

2.  We dey here for you, Oga, no problem for road today if you do well for us here.  

3.  As you see we so, we no dey here to count bridge at all o.

4.  Do something better, my friend, and don't waste my time, if you no want to park well.

5.  Na ya moto you go take carry we go station, to tell DPO from where small boy like you take see this kind money.

6.   Oga you dey enjoy dis ya moto aircondition, and we all dey for inside sun and rain here.  Oya, perform.

7.  I know say ya  moto paper dem dey complete, but me I no sabi grammar, and I never see MY OWN betta, for inside all this one.

Comrades  na today, Why are we deceiving our self,
A situation where  an IG gave an order but no follow upbecause the order lack implimentation and some cartels are above the law
Do you know that road block is the root cause of all corrupt officers in Uniform.
Instead of IG to start Transformation agenda , Training and re-training of the Police forces to meet the challenges ahead and improve the welfare package for them to deliver.
NOTE SIR, IT MAY NOT WORK BECAUSE ROAD BLOCK IS AN AVENUE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE USING TO EXHUAT MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC
IN A SECTOR WHERE 95% ARE CORRUPT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
PEASE OPEN ANOTHER CHAPTER AND WITHDRAW ALL THE THE SO CALL ESCORTS NOW?
GOD BLESS NIGERIA