According to the Nation, the
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has said that officers
from the rank of the IGP down to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) must
declare their assets.
Ibrahim Kpotum Idris also
vowed to take over the streets from criminals and make the presence of the
police felt everywhere.
Idris, who spoke in Abuja
yesterday during a visit to the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazzau,
seized the opportunity to further highlight his plans for the Nigeria Police
Force.
He said; “We are going to
make sure that our police officers are more accountable to the people and we
are going to make sure that we take over the street from criminals and ensure
that our presence is felt in our cities, towns and villages.
“We are also going to
operate within the concept of Rule of Law and the Code of Conduct Law of this
country and the Section 13 of the Code provides that every officer must declare
their asset and I am assuring you that every police officer from my rank (IGP)
to the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) must declare their asset.
On why OFFICERS must
declare their assets, he said: “Under Section 13 of the Code of Conduct law,
Cap 15 in the Federal Law of Nigeria, every police officer from the IGP to the
ASPs are the Commission officers and they must declare their asset.
“I must declare my asset and
every police officer must declare his asset since i am declaring mine. They are
the Commission officers under our structure and it is the requirement of the
Code of Conduct Law of Federal Republic of Nigeria and i don’t think a State
made law for the fun of it. The essence of making law for everybody to declare
his or her asset is to uphold certain rules.
He further explained that
the order is aimed at ensuring that we are morally sound and that people should
have limitation in what we are doing in life.
On if it’s the first time
police officers would be made to declare their assets, Idris said; “I told you
when I took over that the NPF will henceforth be governed by the Code of
Conduct values and internationally recognised core values of policing. We are trying
to standardize Nigeria Police Force and one of the requirement is that we must
do things according to law and the law requires that every police officer must
declare his asset”.
Speaking on the fight
against corruption amongst civil servants, he said: “for some time now, what
people see is the EFCC and DSS but if you look at the Nigeria Police Force when
we joined, the X-Squad were the covered police personnel that go after
policemen and anybody because if you look at Section 4 of the Police Act, police
serve the responsibility to prevent crime, to enforce; so, fighting crime is in
line with our duties.
“In line with the current
administration’s fight against corruption, our X-Squad will be strengthened and
we are going to give them the incentives to work and their activities will not
be limited to police alone. We will go after the local government, state
government and federal government employees because the constitution permits us
to do that”, he added.
Responding, the Minister of
Interior said that the expectations of Nigerians from Ag. IG is very high.
He also advised him to
tackle situation in the Niger Delta, crimes which includes; kidnapping, armed
robbery, rapes and also take care of the welfare and discipline of his
personnel.
The minister said: “You
have quite a lot of challenges as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in this
country and with the kind of internal security challenges we are having, you
have a lot to do and you have to spend a lot of time and effort to deal with
the situation.
“There are situations in
the Niger Delta that you need to look into and you have to tackle violent
crimes and conventional crimes which includes; armed robbery, kidnapping, rape
amongst others.
Dambazzau also urged him to
ensure that the discipline and welfare of officers and men of the Force is not
taken for granted noting that policing duties of officers will be frustrated
without discipline and welfare.
He also advised him to get
the right team and get right persons that would occupy the positions of
Commissioners of Police and Zonal Assistant Inspector General because they
would be the ones on the field to deal with the situation.
WISH YOU GOOD LUCK & GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH IT .NIGERIAN POLICE IS THE MOST CORRUPT BODY NIGERIA HAS .
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