“we are aware of police actrocities in south east” -Argungu
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Hashima Argungu (rtd), has said the commission was aware of unethical practices of policemen in the South East.
FCNN reports that DIG Argungu disclosed this, on Friday, while delivering his goodwill message at the Opening Ceremony of South East Stakeholders Summit on Peace and Security, in Enugu.
The PSC Chairman decried that police officers in the South East have gone out of the boundary of their professional service in the region.
He highlighted that roadblocks were turned into extortion points, policemen meddled in civil matters and engaged in human rights abuse in the region.
He regretted the high rate of corruption orchestrated by policemen in the region.
“The Commission has continued to observe the corruption and extortion that dots all the roads traversing this region by virtually all the security operatives who are supposed to safeguard the roads and restore unhindered movement of people, goods and services.
The roadblocks mounted by these security agencies have turned into toll gates where road users are forced under gunpoint to give money.
“The Commission is also aware of the serious human rights violations by some misguided Police Officers in the South East, who against the Commission’s several warnings to stay away from civil matters have continued to swim in it because of the financial attraction.
“The Commission has severally warned that Police Officers should stay clear of land matters, debt and rent collection, marital disputes and other civil matters
And allow the courts to do their duties. But we have discovered that the allure of filthy money has become their albatross as they have contin
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Hashima Argungu (rtd), has said the commission was aware of unethical practices of policemen in the South East.
FCNN reports that DIG Argungu disclosed this, on Friday, while delivering his goodwill message at the Opening Ceremony of South East Stakeholders Summit on Peace and Security, in Enugu.
The PSC Chairman decried that police officers in the South East have gone out of the boundary of their professional service in the region.
He highlighted that roadblocks were turned into extortion points, policemen meddled in civil matters and engaged in human rights abuse in the region.
He regretted the high rate of corruption orchestrated by policemen in the region.
“The Commission has continued to observe the corruption and extortion that dots all the roads traversing this region by virtually all the security operatives who are supposed to safeguard the roads and restore unhindered movement of people, goods and services.
The roadblocks mounted by these security agencies have turned into toll gates where road users are forced under gunpoint to give money.
“The Commission is also aware of the serious human rights violations by some misguided Police Officers in the South East, who against the Commission’s several warnings to stay away from civil matters have continued to swim in it because of the financial attraction.
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“The Commission has severally warned that Police Officers should stay clear of land matters, debt and rent collection, marital disputes and other civil matters
And allow the courts to do their duties. But we have discovered that the allure of filthy money has become their albatross as they have contin
