IGP thinks police is least corrupt agency in Nigeria

Contrary to popular perception, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase says among public institutions in the country, the Nigerian Police has the least number of corrupt officers.

According to him, this is because the institution, unlike others, the police “has an in house way of dealing with the issue of organisation, trying officers, arresting officers who engage in corrupt practices”.

The IGP represented by the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Wilson Inalegwu, at a Feast of Barracuda organised by the National Association of Seadogs, also noted that the Police had made frantic efforts in tackling corruption even among the officers and had set in motion machinery to fish out corrupt officers in the force.

He said one of such steps was to dismantle road blocks by Police and the establishment of Monitoring Teams to ensure compliance across the country.

He said: “The IG said he is allergic to corruption and since then he has taken practical steps to deal with the issue of corruption, both the history of corruption and perception of corruption of the Nigeria Police Force”.

He continued, “The IG said bail is free! Help lines have been provided where you can supply information. You can call to inform that you went to this station and paid this amount and I can assure you, action will be taken. Bail is free, the monitoring teams are going round to practically deal with those avenues that can lead to corruption”.

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