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October 30, 2006
Corruption: Errant police men will be procecuted –Ehindero
Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, has stressed that any police officer that engage in corrupt practices will be prosecuted.
By Akin Oyedele, Ibadan
Published: Monday, 30 Oct 2006
He also warned that the new police force now had zero tolerance for corruption and its attendant ramifications.
Ehindero spoke in Ibadan on Friday while delivering the 26th annual alumni lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association.
The lecture was entitled: ”The Nigeria police in the emerging democratic culture.”
He added that the force was committed to the enthronement of transparency, accountability and due process to gain the confidence of the civil populace.
He said, ”A corrupt police force is an ineffective, inefficient and disrespected police force. Any member of the force, no matter how highly or lowly placed , who dishonours his uniform by engaging in these despicable acts, will not only face dismissal, but will also be prosecuted.”
The police boss said the phenomenon of corruption in the force was a moral question, that required attitudinal change to reverse.
Ehindero said the challenges he faced before unravelling the identity of the suspected killers of Sa‘adatu, wife of the former Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, was remarkable.
He said his entire career as a police officer he had never been confronted with such daunting challenge, where the bereaved already passed a vote-of-no-confidence on the police even before the commencement of investigation.
He also said that many people criticised him when he took over investigations into the murder of a Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Dr. Ayo Daramola.
He said with the inroad made so far in the investigation, he had been vindicated, adding that high profile killings required high profile investigation.
The police boss said the major challenge facing the police was lack of necessary equipment and logistics.
Like in Rimi‘s wife‘s murder case, he said the public did not give the police any chance to get to the root of Daramola‘s murder.
He said the people became anxious, especially when he requested for forensic back up to assist the police in fingerprint investigation.
Posted by Publisher at October 30, 2006 10:18 AM
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