Speaker 1: Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Police Force, Kyode Agmocun, has
Speaker 1: won police personnel against the use of high handedness on
Speaker 1: Nigerian citizens and put a stop to the extortion of
Speaker 1: the people forth with adding severe punishments await police officers
Speaker 1: using his name to extort money from members of the public.
Speaker 1: The IGP gave the order recently while addressing some top
Speaker 1: senior police officers in Abuja. According to the first public
Speaker 1: relations Officer, alumu Are Adjerbi, who started this in a
Speaker 1: news release on Friday, the statements indicated that the IGP
Speaker 1: frown are the rates of cases of extortion of members
Speaker 1: of the public by some police operatives. IGP, in the
Speaker 1: statementary assured Nigerians of his leadership zero tolerance for corrupt
Speaker 1: practices amongst officers and men of the police force. The
Speaker 1: statement rates the Inspector General of Police IGP, Kayode A
Speaker 1: w Aguitocun, has ex pressed consults and condemnation on the
Speaker 1: alleged cases of extortion and high handedness perpetrated by certain
Speaker 1: recalcitrant members of the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP met
Speaker 1: this known while addressing Assistant Expectors General of Police Commissioners
Speaker 1: of Police and Health of various formations at the Inpeace
Speaker 1: Conference with senior police officers held at the good Luck
Speaker 1: Avilagionatan International peace Keeping Hall, First Headquarters, Abujar. Recently, the IGP,
Speaker 1: during his speech charged the senior officers on proper supervision
Speaker 1: of the activities of officers at the various levels and
Speaker 1: ensure the highest standard of professional conduct is maintained and
Speaker 1: upheld in the course of carrying out the lawful duties.
Speaker 1: The IGP also ordered the IGP ex Cort Monitoring Unit,
Speaker 1: Complaint Response Units, Say are You and other disciplinary units
Speaker 1: to carry out routine checks on the activities of officers
Speaker 1: across the country as part of efforts to come misconduct
Speaker 1: and corruption tendencies amongst officers and the short streaked punishment
Speaker 1: is meted on ariane officers and that supervisory officers found
Speaker 1: wanting in this regard will not be spelt of vicarious liability. Similarly,
Speaker 1: the IGP issued is turn wanting to officers regarding the
Speaker 1: orethical practice of name dropping the IGP and other senior
Speaker 1: officers to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public.
Speaker 1: The IGP emphasized that any officer found guilty of liver
Speaker 1: reging his name for fraudulent activities or extortion will first
Speaker 1: severe disciplinary meadules reaffirming that the leadership of the Nigeria
Speaker 1: Police Force maintains a zero tolerance policy towards corruption on
Speaker 1: professional behavior and misconduct. Finally, IGP and METOCON implore the
Speaker 1: public to exercise caution and report any attempt to exploit
Speaker 1: his name for fraudulent activities or extortion. In investigation of cases,
Speaker 1: I lightened the crucial role citizens play in collaborative policing
Speaker 1: of the society and its police SASUAA need bringin you
Speaker 1: benees in a more digital ware