Tension in South-east as Separatist Agitators Follow Boko Haram s Tactics
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Incessant attacks on police formations and implications for insecurity
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RingTrue BY Yemi Adebowale
Email: yemi.adebowale@thisdaylive.com
My dear IG Usman Baba, the attack on the headquarters of the Imo State Police Command in Owerri, on April 5, represents the sorry state of the Nigeria Police Force. For over 30 minutes, gunmen ransacked the Command’s HQ unhindered, burning buildings and vehicles. There was no resistance from your men. Not even a feeble one. The poorly-equipped and poorly-motivated policemen all ran away. The attackers left jubilating. In all of Nigeria’s years of independence, the Police Force has never been this shabby. Our policemen have never been this mismanaged. How can they tackle criminals, when these lawbreakers have become stronger than them? This is why your men, more often than not, now run away from criminals. The truth be told; this country is in a mess in terms of policing.
Baba, shortly after he was decorated by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
For the New Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, his appointment isnât a tea party, writes Olawale Olaleye
The appointment and subsequent decoration of officer Usman Alkali Baba as the nationâs new inspector general of police is not one to attract envy. Landing such a good job at a rather inauspicious time is no less a delicate balance, which of course, declines all the flashes and pizzas, given a different epoch.
Perhaps, Baba is not unawares of his current job description, not as a police officer per se, but as one, who has just been handed the most unattractive assignment of securing an âuncivil populationâ. Heâd acknowledged the state of Imo State and admitted there was a need for clean-up in the Southeast state.