Police
operatives in the country have been warned by The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase against unnecessary killings of citizens they ought to be protecting.
He said this during his visit to the Delta State Police Command,Asaba. He also said capital punishment awaits any member of the police force who uses arms recklessly against innocent civilians.
He said, “Arms are given to the police to protect lives and property and
not to kill people indiscriminately. I hate extra judicial killings and I will not
subscribe to it. If any policeman is found wanting in that regard, he will
face the music appropriately because extrajudicial killings have given rooms
to litigations.
“I will not support any policeman involved in the act. I will prosecute the
policeman and try him.”
The IG further pointed out that the major problem confronting the police in
Nigeria today was insurgency, adding that the police must find new
techniques to conquer the challenge.
He added, “It is a challenge that has become pandemic and it requires
modern policing because it is an asymmetric warfare.”
Arase also talks about community policing, where stakeholders in the society would be enlightened on how to keep crimes at bay in their environments.
“There is nowhere in the world where you don’t find crime challenges, and
I cannot sit down in Abuja and be dishing out orders.
“It is very important for town hall meetings with stakeholders to he held to
fashion out ways of curbing crimes,” he said.
operatives in the country have been warned by The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase against unnecessary killings of citizens they ought to be protecting.
He said this during his visit to the Delta State Police Command,Asaba. He also said capital punishment awaits any member of the police force who uses arms recklessly against innocent civilians.
He said, “Arms are given to the police to protect lives and property and
not to kill people indiscriminately. I hate extra judicial killings and I will not
subscribe to it. If any policeman is found wanting in that regard, he will
face the music appropriately because extrajudicial killings have given rooms
to litigations.
“I will not support any policeman involved in the act. I will prosecute the
policeman and try him.”
The IG further pointed out that the major problem confronting the police in
Nigeria today was insurgency, adding that the police must find new
techniques to conquer the challenge.
He added, “It is a challenge that has become pandemic and it requires
modern policing because it is an asymmetric warfare.”
Arase also talks about community policing, where stakeholders in the society would be enlightened on how to keep crimes at bay in their environments.
“There is nowhere in the world where you don’t find crime challenges, and
I cannot sit down in Abuja and be dishing out orders.
“It is very important for town hall meetings with stakeholders to he held to
fashion out ways of curbing crimes,” he said.
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