IG asks Nigerians to report corrupt policemen

The Inspector – General of Police, Solomon Arase, has
urged Nigerians to assist the police to become better
by reporting corruption, bribery and bad conduct in the
force.
Arase said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on
Monday during a sensitisation workshop on Reporting
Corruption in the Police, using the stopthebribes
Platform.
The workshop was organised by the CLEEN Foundation
in partnership with the stopthebribes Platform, a forum
created by the IG to instil discipline and professionalism
in the force.
The IG said many of the officers and men of the Nigeria
Police Force were currently undergoing punishment for
cases of proven corruption and unwholesome conduct.
He, however, did not give details about the officers
affected or the type of sanctions apportioned to them.
He said the details of the offending policemen had been
published in the police gazzette.
Arase, who was represented by an Assistant
Superintendent of Police, Mr. Toye Jolaoye, said not all
policemen were corrupt, adding that he was “committed
to seeing a transformed, disciplined and professional
police force” in the country.
He appealed to members of the public to avail
themselves of the use of smart phones and android
phones to report any erring police officer or station or
command to the stopthebribes Platform for action.
“Mechanisms are in place to ensure confidentiality of
information and identity of complainants,” he said.
The Programme Officer, CLEEN Foundation, Gabriel
Akinremi, said report on corruption and bad conduct in
the police could be sent to the stopthebribes Platform
through email, sms, phone calls, Twitter and Facebook.