CORRUPTION RATING. .... NIGERIANS SHOULD APOLOGISE TO THE NIGERIA POLICE.

At all material time, most Nigerians have always bedevilled members of the Nigeria Police Force as the most corrupt public servants. It's like virtually all other agencies of the state are made up of incorruptible angels, while those of the Nigeria Police are people of irredeemable light fingers. But is this true? I doubt much !

The facts are now in public domain, that of all the public servants in Nigeria, those of the Nigeria Police seem to be the most incorruptible. Since the commencement of this ongoing war against corruption, not one Police officer has been fingered or indicted for corruption or corrupt practices. This is not the case with other sister agencies and even civilian outfits in the public service, where virtually all of them have had some of their members picked up and interrogated for corruptly enriching themselves through looting of public treasury. Some very senior officers of these sister agencies are still being held in custody till now, while others are facing criminal trials for corruption charges. The facts are all there for us to see.

One very crucial fact of this anti corruption crusade which most members of the public don't seem to appreciate, is that while President Buhari is the commander-in-chief of the battle, it is the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force that are the foot soldiers in the war front. Since its inception till date, the EFCC has always been commanded by police officers, while over 80 percent of it's operatives as well as those of ICPC, are drawn from the Police Force. So, all the astounding revelations and bewildering findings being uncovered daily in the course of this war, have been through the unrelenting efforts of the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force. Unfortunately, not much of this fact is being acknowledged by most Nigerians. All that our people are always quick at broadcasting to the world about their Police, is any isolated erring of a member of the Force, no matter how minor. Sad !

Get me right. Iam not saying that the Nigeria Police Force is made up of angels or some kind of celestial bodies. No. That is not the point iam making here. Indeed, one must be naiive to think so of an outfit of about 500,000 personnel. The Force is of course made up of human beings and fellow Nigerians who are quite susceptible to human frailties. But what iam saying here is that available facts and figures do not support the demonisation of the Force by most Nigerian cynics. It must be known that even the erring members of the Force are always dealt with summarily by the Force, while the criminal suspects among them are never shielded. They are promptly arrested and exposed to criminal processes accordingly. In fact, I doubt much if any other public service outfit has a more effective administrative disciplinary control on their personnel than that of the Nigeria Police !

In consideration of the foregoing, it will not be out of place for Nigeria Police to demand for unreserved apologies from the condemning members of the public. The Force is never what they paint it to be, it is indeed mostly comprised of decent ladies and refined gentlemen.

really ....
I think you typed dz opinion from a dreamland.
have you 4goten the tafa. .....son of balogun?
when you talk about institutional corruptions, the military come first.
civil corruptions. ..the politicians are 2nd to none.
corruption plus wickedness. ..no one can beat d NPF.
THE POLICE SHOULD AS A MATTER OF FACT, APOLOGISE TO NIGERIANS FOR ALL THE EVIL DEEDS DONE AGAINST THEM.