IGP Backs Sack Of Corrupt Police Officer

IN its bid to stamp out corruption within its ranks, the Nigeria Police is now implementing sting operations, an action designed to catch their officers and men committing acts of corruption.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, who revealed this while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, was reacting to the recent dismissal of a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, caught on camera soliciting bribe of N25,000 from a motorist over a traffic offence in Lagos.

He said: “You can see that we are IT compliant. We know what is happening in the YouTube, we know what is happening all over the world. And because we believe that we have to do what is right, we warn our officers and men.

“Sometimes we set them up to ensure that we get them in the act. And so whoever is caught in the act is dismissed.”

Abubakar, who stressed that “I will not run a corrupt police service,” rejected suggestions that the dismissal of the police sergeant was harsh, saying that the police was ready to prosecute the officer as long as the man he tried to extort money from was willing to testify.