The Nigerian police faces criticism on a daily and most often the authorities do nothing to address the issue. Here are 10 habits policemen in Nigeria must stop.
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Our policemen are widely seen as ignorant, corrupt, unprofessional,
inefficient and uncultured law enforcement agents who ride on citizens
and also exhibit some disgraceful habits in public places which are
mentioned below
1. Drinking and Smoking Irresponsibly
It's very degrading to see an ASP cadre officer in uniform gulping
beer and completely drunk at beer palour. Many a times, they will
mobilize themselves to a local herbal shop just to drink jedi and smoke
marijuana. That's why we often hear cases of policemen who got drunk and
shoot people dead. This disgraceful habit is very common with police
officials in remote areas.
2. Incessant Hailing of Politicians and Wealthy Men
Most policemen, out of stomach infrastructure, shamelessly hail
politicians and wealthy men at check points. You will see their two
hands in the air shouting "baba ooooo" at the top of their voice.
Sometimes, some of them escorts these wealthy men with koboko for the
sake of providing safety to them, and will be flogging innocent drivers
who fail to maintain their lane or give way.
3. Womanizing in line of Duty
According to reports, many policemen have used
duress to snatch other people's house wives and girlfriends at
check points. I could recount my ugly experience with some police
officers when traveling with my okada alongside my girlfriend all the
way from Ado-Ekiti to Lagos. We were arrested for over speeding by some
police officers stationed at the Shagamu when one of them took my
girlfriend to an isolated place and began to propose to her with AK47. I
was just wailing inside of me but couldn't utter a word because any
statement uttered would make them seize my okada and make false
allegations against me at the station.
4. Arresting without warrant
Police, who are nicknamed the friend of the people, are even our
enemies who are fond of arresting civilians without warrant. In Lagos,
policemen raise money by patrolling from street to street with danfo
bus, thereby, arresting any young man spotted with iPhone or laptop bag
as they're seem as yahoo boys. I think it's about that time the govt
intervenes in the injustice policemen perpetuate on innocent citizens
5. Passing one-way Route
I know many will agree with me that, policemen, who are meant to
enforce laws are even non-adherence to traffic laws. They cause traffic
congestion by taking one-way route and will look for a scape goat that
will suffer for it.
6. Chasing Commuters/Motorists For Bribes
Many of them have even lost their lives when chasing commuters and
motorists on the expressway. When a motorist tries to run from them in
order to avoid giving bribe, they will chase him and clip unto his
vehicle without the fear of an oncoming trailer. This disgraceful habit
is very common with police officials at Ojuelegba, Isolo, Oshodi, etc.
7. Urinating and Defecating in public places
As funny as it sounds, some of them are as guilty as agbero boys
who defecate and pee on expressway without even minding if ladies are
looking at their joysticks. I think the govt should be blamed for not
installing adequate toilets at police stations
8. Visiting the Brothel in Uniform
Don't get me wrong cos I'm not trying to say that it's a crime for a
policeman to use his joystick judiciously on prostitutes after a
strenuous day at work. All I'm trying to say is that it's very bad to
carry out this barbaric act in uniform.The Nigerian Police Force really
needs to clean up its image by taking disciplinary action against any
policeman who visits the brothel in uniform.
9. Threatening To Shoot Civilians At Any Slight Provocation
We all know that many of them automatically become gods as long as
they're carrying guns. They'reusually very quick to threaten to kill any
civilian who is culturally familiar with his or her constitutional
rights, or those who argue with them. Disciplinary action really needs
to be taken against any erring officer who shoots nor kill civilians
over irrelevant things
10. Unraveling people's Secret
During investigation, some of them try to distress from the subject
matter and will be asking irrelevant questions. This reminds me when a
police officer harassed me as a suspected yahoo boy. He went as far as
checking my phone contacts and wallet, only for him to find a condom in
it. He began to preach to me that God frowns against premarital sex and I
explained to him that I'm born again and sexually restrained until
wedding night and that I only kept the condom in my wallet till my
wedding night. He bundled me into the police van and took me to the
station as a potential rapist.
May God Help Us ooooo
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