Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, Acting Inspector-General of Police
Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, has said the Nigeria Peace Corps constitute a threat to the country’s security, hence the recent clampdown.
The police chief said the recruitment process of the corps ran against the laws guiding the establishment of security agencies in the country.
While speaking at a three-day training programme organised for senior police officers, he said Dickson Akoh, the corps commandant, will be charged to court.
“Nigeria is not a lawless country. You can’t just wake up overnight and establish a security organisation,” he said.
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“There are processes. Security is the responsibility of the executive arm of government and there are processes to take. Even it took the police almost a year to recruit 10,000.
“I want us to appreciate that we have so many challenges in this country and we don’t want some of these people of questionable characters to enter our security services and constitute a threat to the security of this country. And that is what the peace corps is doing. You don’t just go on the streets and be picking people by the virtue of the fact that they give you money.
“The commandant was picked up in a joint operation involving the police, the military and the DSS. We are going to charge him to court.”
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13 comments
Which processes is the I.G.P talking about? The bill establishing the corp has passed through the various laid down legal stages. Or is he trying to say the parliamentarians know not their job anymore? Oh! maybe you are trying to stop a rival from taking over your job? Well,let’s all pray for the best.
It’s not like they are against d peace corps for hatred, Nigeria has not been able to control the NPF and the other paramilitary bodies, adding another that has already been hijacked by wicked politicians in parts of the country is definitely gonna cos a security disaster in future. I think it’s best the peace corps is not signed into law by d president
Your comment..imagine your senseless talk
,I guessed you are a police officer or one of those that rivalry with the peace corps. police are enemy of progress. what an unreasonable excuses given by the IGP. anyway God wish will surely prevailed,you did more than that when civil defence was about to be established
What you are saying is baseless, the base of corruption, stealing, sabotage, and other criminal activities lyes in the Police Force. Nigeria Police are the worst set of paramilitary organization in Nigeria. Police, in their last so called recruitement, accept bribe from citizens who wants to join the force, with not less than 350,000 naira, but still not those that paid the money was enlisted in to the Force, and their money was not refunded back to them. Who is not defrauding in nature, if not the Nigerian Police?.
U are out of ur mind for saying that. U mean the youths should continue to suffer or what? God pass you
from d job portfolio of peace, by law police cnt b expended to carry out their mandate bt they cn complement police…,,,My brother we talking of over 250m dollars from international body as tk n 21b naira from FG u think ppl no go fight Dickson..….…money is involved n thnk God for police best recruiting process d hv nt generated terrorist bt daily tormentors, bully n taxers… mind u peace is an org for mainly graduate……so police no near them at all
very good comment, I must say.
Police do not want the unemployed youth to get jobs. God is seeing u.And God will soon answer u .
Your comment..i too was among those that was able to get the form of this peace corps,but do to some security of my beloved nation am not in support of them anymore. Let nig be united.
Your comment…..that’s your own problem not ours….Pls go back to kindergarten sch to start learn more abt english
Federal government suppose to scrap NPF or change the name to NIG POLICE SERVICE. Bcuz they don’t know there work.
Don’t u know that establishing the NPC is one of the ways of uniting Nigeria? You and your socall IGP shouldn’t be enemies progress to the youth @fulani
What i can say is let Godswill be done, polic done know thair work.