The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said police road blocks breed corruption.
He warned that any policemen caught mounting road blocks anywhere in the country would be made to face the law.
The IGP spoke in Abuja yesterday, just as he announced the re-opening of the Nigeria Police Intelligence School in Enugu, which was shut down about a year ago.
Arase, who spoke during his inaugural meeting with senior officers of the Force, highlighted long-term plans for the police in the days ahead.
He said: “The drive will be clear, coordinated, massive, firm and sustained and it will target and tackle issues relating to commercialisation of bail process, the nuisance of road blocks, abuse of police powers, particularly, in relation to pre-trial detention.
“I wish to in clear terms, re-emphasise that police road blocks remain banned. They are public nuisance, points of corruption and source of police-citizens’ frictions.
“The loss of public respect and confidence in the police as well as our inability to effectively tackle crimes in the most ethical and professional manner have been widely attributed to the challenge of corruption with the policing system.”
Arase noted that Commissioners of Police, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in whose jurisdiction illegal road blocks are detected would be personally held liable and strict disciplinary actions would be initiated against them.
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