IGP pledges to end impunity in the police force

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY – On Friday, Inspector General of Police Tunji Disu told Nigerians that the era of impunity within the Nigerian Police was coming to an end, and he also pledged to upgrade the traffic warden unit to improve services.

Disu spoke in Benin City during an official visit to the Edo State Command, where he held an interactive session with the state’s officers.

He said he was shocked by the revelations he heard during the session with the officers.

“I am leaving here with what they have told me in confidence. And they have been able to open my thoughts.”

“Now I have one or two things to do when I get back to Abuja.”

“Things I never gave thought to. For example, an officer of the traffic warden stood up and said, for many years now, there have not been recruitments into the corps of traffic wardens. That got me thinking. The traffic warden unit should be upgraded. So when I get back home, we are going to talk about it.”

Regarding impunity, the IGP referred to a recent incident in Delta State in which a police officer shot a civilian who was not resisting at the time of arrest. He said, “That is impunity. You arrested somebody who was not struggling with you, you brought him out in daylight and you shot him.”

He added, “The police rose to the occasion immediately, tried them, dismissed them, and they are going to charge them in court. That is the meaning of impunity.”