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GROUP CONDEMNS “LOPSIDED” PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS IN THE POLICE FORCE

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President Muhammed Buhari has been called upon to urgently address the lopsided promotion and posting in the Nigeria Police Force.

The Campaign for Democracy (CD) in a statement said the ethnic driven promotion and posting became more pronounced under the current regime of President Buhari due to his obvious ethnic disposition.

In the statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of CD, Dede Uzor A. Uzor, after its emergency general meeting in Enugu, the group said that out of over 60 Commissioners of Police in Nigeria, they are not more than three Igbo persons, who are Commissioners of Police.

The human right body also lashed police authorities over the “skewed” posting of officers to head State Commands and strategic formations, especially in South East and South South.

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He said that virtually all the Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands in the South East and South  South  are from the North, saying that the same is  applicable to Area Commands Divisions and other  Police  strategic formations in the zones, and by extension, the entire country.

In Anambra State, according to him, which has 8 Area Command formations, including the newly created ACs and Police Divisions, no single Igboman is heading any Area Command, while less numbers head divisional levels; even as choicest and strategic divisions are preserved for northern officers.

“This ugly trend must be stopped as we watch who takes over Onitsha Central Police (CPS) as the current officer is embarking on compulsory retirement in October”, the statement read.

CD said in a federation like Nigeria, ethno-religious posting should be discouraged; adding that such postings encourage insecurity in the country and posses serious security threats.

CD, therefore, asked President Buhari to as a matter of urgency, set machinery in motion to address such anomaly.

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The group called for the redeployment of more policemen to the South  East zone in line with the United Nations’ recommendation of one Policeman to 400 persons.

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CD also said there is compelling need for the Federal Government to recruit more officers and men; and asked the president to give directive for the recruitment of at least 10, 000 policemen in the country on or before December this year, especially now the country is about to hold general election.

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