Police Misconduct: Attorney Spplauds IG For Tough Punitive Actions

by Mercy Ulasi
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Pelumi Olajengbesi, a human rights attorney based in Abuja, has praised Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police, for upholding strict disciplinary measures in the Nigeria Police Force by removing errant and haughty police officers from the Force and making them known to the public so they can beware and take note of such bad eggs.

Olajengbesi, the Managing Partner at the Abuja-based law firm Law Corridor, asserted that the police would experience a turnaround that would significantly lower extrajudicial killings and police officer abuse of firearms if the energy and value system of professionalism and strict discipline is maintained.

The attorney also praised Nigerians and the media for having the guts to report instances of police abuse around the nation.

According to reports, scores of high-handed policemen have been dismissed and deranked or even prosecuted for different cases of abuses since the assumption of IGP Baba on April 6, 2021.

Olajengbesi said, “If the energy and value system of professionalism and strict discipline are sustained, the police will witness a new era and turnaround which will reinforce the trust of the people in the Force. The IGP should not relent in sanitising the Force for evil to thrive when it is not exposed or when there are no strict sanctions to serve as deterrence.

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“The Nigerian people and the media should also be commended for having the courage to report cases of abuse by policemen and the outcries on social media which have spurred the many disciplinary actions taken against power-drunk, trigger-happy cops. Policemen are supposed to protect the masses and not to maul and exploit innocent Nigerians because they have rifles.”

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This week, the police deranked one Adejoh Siaka from Inspector to Sergeant in Rivers State following complaints and findings on video evidence widely circulated on social media of assault, discreditable conduct, and incivility to members of the public.
The trio, Inspr. Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sgt. Isah Danladi were also dismissed in Katsina State for firing shots from their official firearms into the air despite police policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force regulations.

In Delta State, the police dismissed a trigger-happy police inspector identified as Ebri Ubi who allegedly shot and killed Mr. Onyeka Ibe, while on Stop and Search duty along Ugbolu-Illah Road in Oshimili North local government area of Delta State on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

Also, the IG immediately replaced the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde, amid the controversial and dramatic supplementary election.

In October 2022, seven senior police officers were dismissed and 10 officers were demoted over alleged gross misconduct. In December 2022, the police in Imo State dismissed seven officers over alleged extortion in the state.

At least 31 policemen have been dismissed from service over various offences between April 2021 and October 2022 for offences like extrajudicial killings, extortion and brutality among others.

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