The Federal Government on Monday warned the Nigeria Police Force against the arbitrary arrest and detention of Nigerians. Vice-President Namadi Sambo gave the warning while inaugurating a retreat for the Police High Command and officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs in Abuja.

Sambo, who also disclosed that N70bn had been made available to the Ministry of Police Affairs to start the police reform process, said that arbitrary arrest and detentions must stop in order to promote democratic policing in the country.

He also urged the police to change their operational strategy to reflect modern trends.The Vice-President said that the Police must embrace modern scientific policing to complement their community policing initiative.

Sambo pointed out that many years of under- funding of the Police had “left the country with a Force that could not perform its constitutional role effectively. “The nation has been bedevilled by problems of insecurity and violent crimes, such as kidnapping, armed robbery and pipeline vandalism.

“In an attempt to reverse this trend and give Nigerians a sense of security, the present administration initiated the Police Reform Programme, the biggest security reform project in the history of Nigeria.“This is because the Federal Government attaches great importance to the security of lives and property. We are, therefore, committed towards fulfilling our obligations with regards to this project,” he said.

The vice-president said the Federal Government had accepted the cost implications of the reform programme, which would last a total of six years at thcost of ‘‘about N1.5tn.‘ He maintained that a dynamic funding option had been adopted, in view of the fact that the amount was above the capacity of the Federal Government.

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See the kettle calling the pot black.Corruption in high places is more than police molestation.Get that in2 your skull Mr VP.

timely warning

.kudos VP