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The third quarter report of the Nigeria Police Force Complaint
Response Unit (CRU), has revealed that the unit have recovered N2.7
million bribe from an Assistant Commissioner of Police (name withheld)
serving in one of the state commands.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the report which was
signed by Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Shogunle,
Head of CRU in Abuja, the recovery followed a complaint made to the CRU
through a telephone call.
Shogunle said that necessary disciplinary procedures were ongoing
against the officer involved in the misconduct, adding that the suspect
arrested in respect of the case had since been handed over to the
relevant agency for prosecution.
"The bribe money was recovered from the ACP after the case was
referred to the X-Squad for necessary action in line with the directive
issued by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, that X-Squad
be included as part of CRU responding agents," he said.
Shogunle said that the inclusion of state provost marshals
demonstrated the I-G’s resolve to ensuring more effective response to
cases of alleged police professional misconduct nationwide, adding that
the unit had resolved 324 cases out of the 405 it received from members
of the public against the police between July and September.
He said 51 of the cases reported during the period under review
were found to be false, while 30 cases were still pending, adding that
the Rivers Police Command topped the state ranking with a total of 78
cases, followed by Lagos with 72 and FCT with 48 cases.
“The Q3 report shows that over half of the complaints against
the police came from four state commands – Rivers, Lagos, FCT and
Anambra, which accounts for 55.06 per cent of complaints during the
period under review,” he said
He said no single complaint was reported against the police in six
state commands, Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Osun and Sokoto, adding
that Kebbi remained the only command with no complaint made against the
police since the inception of the unit in Nov. 2015.
He noted that Professional misconduct topped the complaint
distribution category with 154 entries, followed by demanding money for
bail with 144 entries.
“More complaints were received via phone call – 294 cases,
WhatsApp – 55, Twitter – 20, email – 19, Facebook – 6, SMS – 2, BBM – 1
and 8 cases reported via others (petition letters, media publications),“
he said
He said that the sharp reduction in complaints against the police
during the period under review was linked to the fact that Nigerian
Police officers were becoming more professional.
Mr. Shogunle said that the Inspector-General of Police had ensured strict adherence to the CRU Motto of “No to Impunity”.
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