THE UNITED NATIONS REPORT ON THE NIGERIAN POLICE
Dec 2nd, 2008 by admin
The Police Service Commission yesterday reinstated its resolve to reposition the Nigeria Police, threatening to drop aside policemen who were not ready for the wind of change.
This is just as the Commission has described as untrue the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes report that the Nigeria Police was the most corrupt institution in Nigeria.
The change as explained by chairman of the commission, Mr Parry Osayande, a retired Deputy-Inspector General of Police(DIG), while addressing members of the Inspectorate and Rank and Files yesterday at Onikan stadium, Lagos, is channelled towards bringing the Nigeria Police to an enviable standard, as against what obtained.
Steps taken to ensure fruition of the commission’s resolve he stated, was to stop mass recruitment, pointing out that nothing good comes from anything that is mass in nature.
“That is not to say we will not recruit policemen. But what this means is that there will no longer be mass recruitment but qualitative recruitment of responsible persons. We will uphold the rule of law and follow due process, justice and equity in all our functions, in line with President Yar’Adua’s seven point agenda.
Vices such as incivility to members of the public, torture and indiscriminate detention of persons, he warned, should be stopped.
Expressing displeasure over the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes report which rated the Nigeria Police as the most corrupt organistion in the country, the commission described the report as untrue.
Culled from the Vanguard