Whilst MD Abubakar and the top brass of the Nigeria Police Force and his cabal of senior insecurity officials adorn themselves with 'sparkling uniforms', the recruits into the Nigeria Police Force are forced to live in sub-human conditions.
Any wonder why at the slightest contact with the civil populace, these recruits, when they end up wearing police officer uniforms, unleash a volley of bullets into the guts of hapless Nigerians? Any wonder why at the slightest confrontation with armed criminals, our insecurity operatives, obviously out-gunned, out-motivated and out-numbered, often times, scamper faster than Usain Bolt would ever have imagined himself capable of.
Who should we really blame for the thousands of extra-judicial killings our police and other insecurity forces commit in Nigeria, The men of the force (who know no better as a result of the quality of training and enlightenment they get whilst at the Training Schools) or the 'top brass' of the insecurity organizations (who develop pot-bellies) as a result of stealing the resources of their various insecurity agencies.
In all these, one doffs his hat for the few gallant cops we still have in the system, who despite seemingly insurmountable odds, stand firm and confront criminality and armed gangs. Some of these gallant personnel of our insecurity agencies, have often paid the supreme price for our common good.
Only a well structured and negotiated federation can ensure accountability of the security agencies and accord its citizenry security.
Lets restructure and renegotiate our contraption.
Picture: Police Barracks, Lagos
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