Emirs,
Ministers, Senators influence Postings – Crime Fighter Boss
The report was studied and found out to be misleading, unfounded and deliberate attempt to cast aspersion on the meritorious services to our great Nation, Nigeria by some of the previous Inspectors General of Police and the current Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim k. Idris.
The Force is constrained to respond to mirage of falsehoods, unfounded
allegations and malicious intentions in the mind of the writer against the
Nigeria Police Force and some of the successive Inspectors General of Police who
served the Force and our dear Nation, Nigeria diligently without blemish throughout
their careers.
Though
the Force considered it of less value to respond to unguided utterances and mischievous
views expressed by a person that has been very close to the Force, a wife of a
serving Commissioner of Police, who is an erstwhile Force Public Relations
Officer, it is pertinent to disabuse the mind of Nigerians, most especially
those who must have read the story and set the record straight.
The
Nigeria Police Force sees the whole interview and opinion expressed by Aisha
Tosan in the report as entirely imaginary, shadowy and instigative allegations
which if not responded to can brew disaffection between the personnel of the Force
at this critical time that the morale of all officers and men of the Force is
so much on high level prompting so many successes and achievements for the
Force and the Nation in crime prevention and control throughout the country.
It
is suffice to state that all the allegations made in the interview by Aisha
Tosan against the Inspector General of Police, previous IGPs and the Management
Team of the Nigeria Police Force were all common place rumours and not back by
facts and is not the practice in the Force. The Force wonders who Aisha Tosan
is talking for and whose interest she is damaging to protect.
There is no gain
saying that Aisha Tosan has been patronizing the Nigeria Police Force for
decades and of late married to a Commissioner of Police who has been running a
very bright and responsible career in the Force, but alas and sadly Aisha Tosan
conclusion on the Nigeria Police Force and its hierarchy is far from being objective
to assist to make it function better, but one attack too many targeted at
running down the administration of the Force and rubbish the enviable office of
the Inspector General of Police past and present.
It
is colossal exaggeration to assert that Aisha Tosan personifies the Nigeria
Police Force as claimed by the writer of the story, may be if at all negatively,
as there is no any record that shows that Aisha Tosan was trained as a Police
Officer, or how many Divisions or Area Commands has Tosan commanded or how many
Police Unit she controls.
It
is utterly misleading and wicked for anyone to claim that there is nepotism in
the Force, and that competent hands are not posted to State Commands, that Emirs,
Ministers, Senators influence postings, that IG’s friends enjoy special promotion,
State Governors lobby for Commissioners of Police and that hardworking officers
lose morale.
The
fact remains that postings of officers in the Force are based on merit and the
competence of the assigned officer to discharge its expected responsibility effectively
and optimally, and not on any other consideration. Furthermore, transfers, redeployments
and promotion in the Nigeria Police Force are administrative tools aimed at enhancing
utmost efficiency and excellent service delivery of officers and men of the Force
to Nigerians.
The
Police Act and Regulations, the Force Orders and Force Administrative
Instruction, Public Service Rules and other enabling circulars and guidelines
are strictly being complied with in the day to day running of the administration
of the Force by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM,
mni.
For
avoidance of doubt, the Deputy Inspectors General of Police, Assistant
Inspector General of Police (Force Secretary) are functional and active members
of the Nigeria Police Force Management Team. There is no any acrimony or bad
blood within the management team as incorrectly stated by Aisha Tosan in the interview.
However,
it is incumbent on the Force to educate the writer of the story and Aisha Tosan
that the Nigeria Police Force under the watch of IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM,
mni, is a disciplined organisation and will not allow lack of supervision,
nepotism in promotion and postings or favouritism under any guise to prevail.
It
may interest the writer of the story and Aisha Tosan to know that the Inspector
General of Police since assumption of office in June 2016 has introduced
varying internal anti-corruption mechanisms to check excess in the Force. It is
also on record for anyone to verify that all programs and projects he inherited
from previous Police Administrations are not abandoned but are being implemented
and completed.
The
Force therefore wishes to reiterate that redeployments, transfers,
re-assignments are administrative, routine and normal not only in the Nigeria
Police Force but in every organization that takes productivity and optimum
performance of its personnel very seriously and not on how long or lengthy
years someone has spent but the competency and capability of such officer to
deliver effective and efficient service to all Nigerians.
CSP JIMOH O.
MOSHOOD
Force
Public Relations Officers
Force
Headquarters
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