---- As He Urges Stakeholders to Avoid Spreading Police Bad Conducts On Social Media.
The
acting Inspector General of Police IGP' Kayode Egbetokun has revealed
that the Nigeria Police Force will create Special Intervention Squad
in order to further boost the security in all the states in the country
.
Acting IGP Egbetokun stated that the Special
Intervention Squad will be drawn from the Police Mobile Force to further
strengthen security in all the state.
Acting IGP
Egbetokun made this known while responding to questions and comments
during an interactive session with stakeholders at the Oyo state police
command on Tuesday where he was paying an official visit to the
command.
Present at the interactive session were
leaders and members of the Police Community Relations Committee PCRC ,
leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state ,
the Igbos, Arewa communities, Ibadan indigents , the Mogajis of Ibadan,
other traditional rulers , business men and women, the Deputy
Inspector General of Police in charge of south west, the Assistant
Inspector General of Police Zone 11, Commissioner of Police in Oyo
state among other stakeholders in the state.
Before
taking questions and comments from the stakeholders, Mr. Egbetokun had
appreciated the stakeholders for cooperating with the Oyo state police
command in fighting crime and promoting security in the state as he
harped on the need for constant dialogue , interfacing between the
public and the police in the state.
Acting IGP
Egbetokun further urged the stakeholders to avoid spreading police bad
conducts on the social media but instead bring such conducts to the
commissioners of police, senior police officers' attention where such
conducts will be addressed and the erring personnel will be brought to
book.
He said " I would like to thank and
appreciate you for the support to the police command. I want to implore
you that the police are here to serve you. I was appointed less than
two months ago but we have put a lot of measures in place to improve our
security. I want to thank you for the support , cooperation you have
been giving to the police in Oyo state . Police are here to serve you.
You have a CP who has been posted here to continue the good work of his
predecessor and he operates an open door policy. Feel free to go to him
him when you have complaints. Don't go to social media, go to the police
when one of our men misbehaves. You can call the Commissioner of police
and report to him . He will give you his phone number and other senior
police officers phone numbers to call for them to attend to your issues.
We are here to address your complaints . Do not take us to the social
media. There is alot of falsehood being propagated on social media. The
PRO and other senior police officers are here and they will take it up
and ensure justice is done ".
Speaking on his
commitment to ensuring a more secured country, Acting IGP Egbetokun
stated that through his leadership, Nigeria Police Force will become
more dynamic and socially acceptable to members of the public in order
to boost the relationship between public and the police in tackling all
forms of criminality.
He said " We have a new
police administration and our mission is to emplace a professionally
competent , value driven, rule of law compliant and people friendly
police force. We want to achieve a police force that will be able to
respond appropriately and adequately to the dynamics of crime and
criminality in the society. Other policing is community based , it is
also technology driven , intelligence led . We are going to focus on the
community. You all know that we are implementing community policing
strategy in all the federation. Police officers have been trained in
community policing but we are shifting our new approach to community
policing which is about policing diverse societies, communities . That
means that we are taking cognizance of certain specularity in these
communities. For example, in Oyo state, we have the Amotekun being run
by the state government and they are helping us to combat crime. The
overall intention is to reduce crime in the society and so that all the
citizens will go to their homes after a hard day's job to sleep with their two eyes closed. The police cannot do it all alone. The police
need your cooperation and support. We are going to do this job together"
.
Speaking further on
the new approach the police administration is undertaking, Acting
IGP Egbetokun said " We are looking at our approach to community
policing and making sure that we apply the best methods to solve the
problems of crime in each of the community. We are reviewing the
engagement of the Special Constabulary. If they are not giving us
results, we are going to review it. We cannot continue to do the same
thing every time and expect to get different results. We will try
different approaches and our result is to ensure security in our
communities. By the time we are able to provide general security, where
the communities are safe, that's our target . Once we are able to
achieve that, individuals that are requesting for personal special
protection will find it unnecessary. We are reviewing our strategies
regularly to deliver on our mandate to police this country. Our doors
are opened for suggestions and ideas that will help us with the security
of the country ".
The stakeholders present at the
event expressed their appreciations to the acting IGP Egbetokun for
finding out time from his busy schedule to listen to them as they
revealed they will continue to support the police in the state".
The
Mogajis of Ibadanland however appealed to the acting IGP Egbetokun to
create Area commands in the border communities in the state as well as
establishing additional Mobile Police Squadron in the state as the two
Mobile Police Force squadrons in the state are inadequate.
Responding
to the demand, the acting IGP Egbetokun stated that "We have a plan to
create from the Police Mobile Force, a squadron known as the Special
Intervention Squad. We are going to have the Special Intervention Squad
all over the states of the federation. We are drawing the men that will
make up the squad from the present Police Mobile Force and we will give
them additional training that will be special. Kit them specially, equip
them specially. The traditional role of the Mobile Police Force and I
am sure the Oyo state will get one. I want to appeal to all the
communities in the state that the love they have shown to me today, they
should show to one another and be their brothers keepers. They should
continue to cooperate with the police as criminals are not happy when
the community members are cooperating with the police".
