IN a bid to redeem the battered image of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar has asked Nigerians to directly report unethical conduct of police officers to him through short message services, SMS, via numbers 08077446699, or 0810255581, for prompt disciplinary measures against such erring officers.

Abubakar said the measure would help curb the excesses of some officers who hide under the cover of the force to unleash havoc on Nigerians.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in charge of Benue State, Assistant Superintendent Ejike Alaribe made this known in an interview with Vanguard in Makurdi, pointing out that the IG gave the directive at the end of the meeting he held with public relations officers of Police Commands.

According to Alaribe, the IG, who lamented the battered image of the force, warned that the era of extortion and bribery by policemen would soon be a thing of the past as the police boss vowed to summarily dismiss any officer caught violating the code of conduct of the force.

Alaribe said the Police boss also directed the immediate resuscitation of the Public Complaints Bureau in all the Commands under the supervision of the PPROs of the commands in the state.

According to him, the IG directed all Police formations to ensure the strict respect of the fundamental human rights of all Nigerians in the discharge of their responsi-bilities, warning that the wilful disregard of the rights of Nigerians would no more be tolerated by the Police high command.

He said: “The IG expressed dismay at the battered image of the force and has vowed to redeem it through complete rejuvenation of the force to ensure international best practices in the act of policing in the country.”

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Kindly write a sample SMS this man will send to IG when he gets home.

abeg make una help me report dem oh, see their latest demise below oh

Can someone tell; when did the IG of Police give instructions that Nigeria Police should now stop traffic offenders, most especially in the dead of the night.
Can you imagine that the policemen at Isaac John Ikeja Nitel junction now go about stopping cars that beat the traffic light late at night in the guise that these where instructions from the IG of Police, instead of doing their job to safe guard that junction which is notorious for its numerous theft and armed robber incident.

Its most alarming when you hear this from their so called team leader...

With the precarious state of Niaja, why aren't there emergency lines in each state yet? Why are there no police post at strategic locations to ease reporting and to help the
interception of criminals? Why are there no security cameras in and around every nooks and crannies of each states of the federation yet? Why are police reports and registers still on papers and done manually? Why is there no data base that contains the finger prints and bio-datas of Nigerians? *yawns*

omaigala: With the precarious state of Niaja, why aren't there emergency lines in each state yet? Why are there no police post at strategic locations to ease reporting and to help the
interception of criminals? Why are there no security cameras in and around every nooks and crannies of each states of the federation yet? Why are police reports and registers still on papers and done manually? Why is there no data base that contains the finger prints and bio-datas of Nigerians? *yawns*

It still amazes me that their is no emergency line in Nigeria still. I think they are trying to save face because they know about the shamefulness of the shape of the police force. Upgrade the police. Fix it please people. Remove almajiris and conduct a literacy test. Replace checkpoints with cctv cameras and police patrols. Increase minimum wage for police. Then negotiate with mobile carriers in the country to set an all inclusive emergency line (international standard available in every mobile phone. All it needs is activation)

jacobscrux: abeg make una help me report dem oh, see their latest demise below oh

Can someone tell; when did the IG of Police give instructions that Nigeria Police should now stop traffic offenders, most especially in the dead of the night.
Can you imagine that the policemen at Isaac John Ikeja Nitel junction now go about stopping cars that beat the traffic light late at night in the guise that these where instructions from the IG of Police, instead of doing their job to safe guard that junction which is notorious for its numerous theft and armed robber incident.

Its most alarming when you hear this from their so called team leader...

Well I know that in other parts of the world, police accost traffic offenders. It is part of their job. I cant be sure for Nigeria though.

why beat traffic light or break any law because its midnight?