Usman Baba Alkali, Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, has told police officers not to use the pretext of crime prevention to extort ...
Usman Baba Alkali, Nigeria's Inspector General of Police,
has told police officers not to use the pretext of crime prevention to extort
money from citizens.
“Don’t raid because you want to detain people and begin to
ask for bail. Don’t be on the road doing stop and search because you want to
create a difficult situation for road users so that you can extort,” said the
police boss who spoke at Federal Capital Territory Police Command.
“Whatever crime prevention measure you want to adopt, you
must use it effectively and with the fear of God. The job of policing belongs
to everybody and we must all come together to cooperate and synergize if we
must police our communities effectively.
“Police, as a lead agency in internal security, must exploit
this area of collaboration with the people. The space is wide, there is no need
for rivalry or to outsmart others because every security agency, including the
police, are working to checkmate the activities of criminals,” he added.
Police officers and soldiers, have been charged in several
cases with unlawful arrests and extortion, as well as charges for extrajudicial
executions.
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