The plan, if it sails through, will enable the police to take on-the-spot decision and action when suspected criminals are caught.

ikay88:

Haba! This just sounds retarded, giving power to a group of people which are already known to be corrupt and have poor ethics to make such decisions without supervision or accountabality. Whoever came up with this has an evil plan for the country.

True talk!

Even the most disciplined Police force in the world (Victoria Police in Australia and Hong Kong Police readily come to mind) do NOT have such liberties, talk less of the world's most indisciplined, corrupt, unprofessional and recalcitrant Police force!  Abegi!

Mmshhheewww. . .

Having read the above article, I was quite shocked with the phrase ' will enable the police to take on-the spot decision and action'. I don't know about anybody else's view but in my book that is licence for the police to run amok. We are talking about a corrupt, incompetent, poorly trained, inept and un-professional police force that even with the current checks in place still manage to commit attrocities beyond comprehension. So imagine that same force with a carte blanche power to do whatever. I shudder to think what will happen next, suffice to say that many innocent Nigerians are going to suffer. I do recognise that the menace of Kidnapping and other heinous crimes need to be checked, but giving the Nigerian Police Farce, oh sorry, I mean the Nigerian Police Force such powers would undermine the rule of law and our democratic values.

ikay88:

Haba! This just sounds retarded, giving power to a group of people which are already known to be corrupt and have poor ethics to make such decisions without supervision or accountabality. Whoever came up with this has an evil plan for the country.

Today today, I was in UBA PH when a MOPOL man came to drop a cheque at the counter next to me, to withdraw N24,000. You wouldnt believe that he could'nt spell "Twenty four thousand" rather he wrote "Tew four tasand" . He then got angry when the lady at the counter said she could'nt cash such a cheque. In the end he begged her to fill it for him.

Previously, I had thought there was a whole police academy in Nigeria that gave basic and advanced training to prospective police officers, with more strenous excercises for MOPOL men. BUT i have been shocked back to the reality of things. How can such people be expected to use systematic and meticulous methods to maintain societal order, if the relatively simple task of filling in a check for oneself causes one to flare into anger.

Nigeria appears to be crippled by education. Originating from the primary level & spreading throughout the sector.

ikay88:

Today today, I was in UBA PH when a MOPOL man came to drop a cheque at the counter next to me, to withdraw N24,000. You wouldnt believe that he could'nt spell "Twenty four thousand" rather he wrote "Tew four tasand" . He then got angry when the lady at the counter said she could'nt cash such a cheque.

sley4life:

lets c where it leads us 2

bidemi12:

Nija for life.

ikenwan:

If a man lived in an area with a very high crime rate, he may very well choose to arm himself. If the National Police, incompetent as they are, were to arrive at an area where a crime had been committed and see him, it is possible that they might mistake him for the culprit.

This is the lesson US forces had to learn in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not everyone with a weapon was an insurgent. Some families and local tribes had taken to arming themselves so that they could fight back against armed robbers and highwaymen.