In line with
its mandate of receiving and resolving cases of police professional misconduct,
the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) of the Nigeria Police Force has resolved 324
cases out of a total of 405 complaints made against the police by members of
the public between July 1st, and September 30th, 2016. 51 out of cases reported
during period under review were found to be false while 30 cases are still
pending.
Rivers
Police Command tops the state ranking with a total number of 78 cases, followed
by Lagos with 72 and FCT-Abuja with 48 cases. The Q3 report shows that over
half of the complaints against the police came from four state commands -
Rivers, Lagos, FCT-Abuja and Anambra which accounts for 55.06% of complaints
during the period under review.
No single
complaint was reported against the police in six state commands - Bauchi,
Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Osun and Sokoto. Kebbi state remains the only command
with no complaint made against the police since the inception of the CRU in November,
2015.
Professional
misconduct tops the complaint distribution category with 154 entries, followed
by demanding money for bail with 144 entries. More complaints were received via
phone call – 294 cases, while WhatsApp – 55, Twitter – 20, email – 19, Facebook
– 6, SMS – 2, BBM – 1 and 8 cases reported via others (petition letters, media
publications).
A copy of the report made available to journalist and also
available on the CRU
http://npf.gov.ng/complaint/report/POLICE_CRU_2016_Q3_REPORT.PDF
shows that
the sum of Two million, Seven hundred and Fifty thousand naira bribe money was
recovered from an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) serving in one of the
State commands after a complaint was made to the CRU through a telephone call.
Necessary disciplinary procedures are ongoing against the officer involved in
the unacceptable conduct just as the suspect arrested in respect of the case
upon which the bribe money was collected has since been handed over to the
relevant Government agency for prosecution for the offence that necessitated
the arrest of the suspect.
The bribe
money was recovered from the ACP after the case was referred to the X-Squad for
necessary action in line with the directive issued by the Inspector-General of
Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, NPM, mni
that X-Squad be included as part of CRU responding agents. The new inclusion of
X-Squad as one of CRU responding agents in addition to State Provost Marshals,
OC SIB, Control-Room demonstrates the IGP’s determination in ensuring more
effective response to cases of alleged police professional misconduct nationwide.
According to
Ag. ACP Abayomi Shogunle, Head of CRU who signed the 2016 Q3 Report, the
nationwide sharp reduction in complaints against the police during the period under
review is linked to the fact that Nigerian Police officers are becoming more
professional in carrying out their duties as a result of capacity training
programmes, the zero tolerance of the current police leadership to all forms of
professional misconduct and the police awareness that the public can now easily
report unsatisfactory police conducts.
The report
states that in line with international best practices of building police-public
trust, monitoring safeguards are in place to ensure protection of human rights
during policing operations nationwide and that more collaboration activities
are scheduled with stakeholder – local and international groups in the last
quarter of this year. In order to increase the level of awareness about the
CRU, IGP Ibrahim Idris has approved the production of CRU information handbills/flyers
in local languages and same would be distributed to all Local Government Area
in Nigeria this October.
Remember Bail is Free #BailisFree
The public
can reach the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) of the Nigeria Police Force anytime
of the day (24/7) through the following platforms;
Call Only
0805 700 0001, 0805 700 0002
SMS Only
0805 700 0003
WhatsApp
0805 700 0003
BBM PIN
58A2B5DE
Twitter:
@PoliceNG_CRU
Facebook:
@npfcomplaint
website: www.npf.gov.ng/complaint
A copy of the CRU 2016 Q3 Report is available for
download at www.npf.gov.ng
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2016 Q3 REPORT
v Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM,
mni press CRU to ensure strict adherence to CRU Motto - “No to
Impunity”.
v Inspector-General of Police directs Police
formations nationwide to make sure complaints forwarded from CRU are resolved
within 24hrs.
v The Sum of N2.7 million bribe money recovered from
an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
v 2016 Q3 shows a sharp reduction in complaints
against police nationwide – 405 cases reported in Q3 as against 2016 Q2 – 906
cases and Q1- 1054 cases.
v No single complaint was reported against the
police in six State Commands - Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Osun and Sokoto
States. In addition, Kebbi State command is yet to record any case since
inception of CRU.
v Rivers State Command tops the State Ranking with
78 complaints which represents 19.26% of total complaints reported.
v Four State commands - Rivers, Lagos, FCT-Abuja and
Anambra accounts for more than half of total complaints received – 55.06%.
v IGP Idris approves the production of CRU
information handbills in three (3) major local languages - Hausa, Igbo and
Yoruba and distribution of same to all Local Government Areas nationwide and
FCT Area Councils.
Ag.
ACP Abayomi SHOGUNLE
Assistant
Commissioner of Police,
Complaint
Response Unit (CRU),
Force
Headquarters, Abuja.
Mobile:
0810 60000 79
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