A former Lagos State Commissioner of Police and a
socio-crusader, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav (retd), has stated that no amount
of reform employed can change the police unless the officers and men
have attitudinal change.
Tsav stated this on Sunday against the backdrop of complicity of the police in the murder of the aide of the Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole’s.
Tsav, who commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for launching the code of conduct for the police, however, recalled that this code of conduct had been in existence since the colonial era.
He pointed out that the problem confronting the police was not the establishment of the code of conduct, but the non- implementation/enforcement arising from endemic corruption, non-supervision and conspiracy of silence among some police officers.
He commended the gesture of the IGP to relaunch the police code of conduct as patriotic and thoughtful and expressed hope that if it was religiously adhered to, it would enhance the duty of police in the country.
“What Oshiomhole said of the police is true. In fact brazen acts of illegality abound in our police force today. I interact with people and I hear what nasty things they say about the police. I travel by road and I see what police do.
“No amount of reform can change the Nigeria police except there is a change of heart and attitude,” he stated.
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Tsav stated this on Sunday against the backdrop of complicity of the police in the murder of the aide of the Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole’s.
Tsav, who commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for launching the code of conduct for the police, however, recalled that this code of conduct had been in existence since the colonial era.
He pointed out that the problem confronting the police was not the establishment of the code of conduct, but the non- implementation/enforcement arising from endemic corruption, non-supervision and conspiracy of silence among some police officers.
He commended the gesture of the IGP to relaunch the police code of conduct as patriotic and thoughtful and expressed hope that if it was religiously adhered to, it would enhance the duty of police in the country.
“What Oshiomhole said of the police is true. In fact brazen acts of illegality abound in our police force today. I interact with people and I hear what nasty things they say about the police. I travel by road and I see what police do.
“No amount of reform can change the Nigeria police except there is a change of heart and attitude,” he stated.
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