Speaking
with journalists at the State House Abuja, after a Sallah visit to
President Goodluck Jonathan on August 8, 2013, the IGP stated that he
will not tolerate corrupt police, and that the efforts to eradicate
corruption in the police forces will continue.
Mr.
Abubakar also added apart from the regular warnings issued to the
officers of the force, authorities have also deployed different
strategies to discourage corruption in the service including staging
officers up to test their ethical standards.
Sergeant Chris Omeleze was dismissed after
being caught on camera trying to extort the bribe from a motorist who
was leaving Lagos international airport. His victim had managed to
record the encounter and put the video online drawing 117,500 hits on
YouTube.
“You
can see that we are IT compliant, we know what is happening on You
Tube, we know what is happening all over the world. And because we
believe that we have to do what is right, we warn our officers and men,
sometimes we set them up to ensure that we get them on the act. And so
who is caught on the act is being dismissed.”
“There
is a process that is going on. If the man who … that corruption has
taken place is willing and ready to come and give evidence in court, he
would be charged to court,” he said.
Responding
to claims that the dismissal decision was harsh, the IGP said “For
somebody who is corrupt, I will not run a corrupt police service.”
On
the call for the Rivers state commissioner of police, Joseph Mbu, to be
transferred out of the state, the police boss said a professional
police officer is not a politician and cannot be drawn into politics.
He added that Mr. Mbu has been charged to be a professional police officer providing safety and security for Rivers State.
“The
situation is okay. We are not politicians, we cannot be brought into
the politics of this country. Professional police officers are supposed
to do what they are supposed to do to protect lives and properties and
that is why we remain where we are and we charge the commissioner of
police to be a professional police officer providing safety and security
for the good people and development of Rivers State,” he said.
He thanked Almighty Allah for His mercies and Nigerians for their support to ensuring peace in the country.
“We
shall continue to pray and I want to use the opportunity to thank
Nigerians for their support, for their cooperation, for their
partnership in fighting crime and criminality in this country. And
equally, to thank our officers and men of the Nigerian Police and other
security agencies for these collaboration and partnership, we want to
thank the media for their support in the fight against criminality.” READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/43008.html
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