Ekiti decides: IGP Idris warns police officers against selling their conscience to moneybags
- As Ekiti state decides on July 14, the inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris, has issued a warning to police officers deployed to the state
- Idris warned policemen to be wary of moneybags who could compromise them to be unprofessional in their duties
- He said, even though their salaries are not big, police officer should be content with it
The inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris, has called on policemen deployed to Ekiti state to be content with their salaries and ensure that they are professional in their duties ahead of the gubernatorial election in the state.
Vanguard reports that Idris warned them to be wary of moneybags who could compromise them to manipulate the electoral process.
Legit.ng gathers that the police boss made the statement in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, July 4 during a lecture organised for Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in the state and other officers and men of the force to sensitise them on what is expected of them during the election.
Idris was represented by the commander in charge of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), ACP Abayomi Shogunle.
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He said: “You could recollect that those officers that were accused of having misbehaved in 2014 in Ekiti state have been investigated and punished by the authorities. I want you to be professional in your duties and wherever you are posted to. The police work is like a service to the people.
"Don’t intimidate anybody to please politicians. You must think of your careers in the Force and prevent enjoyment of one day from destroying it. I know your salaries are not big, but there is dignity in contentment. Don’t allow these moneybags to spoil your names and your future.
“Election will come and go, and later politicians shall realign and become friends while you will be in trouble, facing it all alone. We are saying that we are going to dismiss whoever is found guilty of misbehaviour in this election. If we have strong evidence against you, we will also take legal action against you as well."
The commissioner of police, Ahmed Bello, was directed to issue a directive for the destruction of all illegal checkpoints mounted across the state.
Idris said: “Though some checkpoints are made to create a defence; those are legal ones permitted to exist. But anyone that is mounted to extort the populace must cease to exist."
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Members of the public were urged by the police boss to report any policeman found unprofessional in his conduct during the election to the PCRRU that will be headed by Shogunle.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, said that he had warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its officials not to rig for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming July 14 election.
Fayose also accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Kayode Fayemi, of hiring four INEC officials from the commission's headquarters in Abuja to manipulate the poll to favour the APC.
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Source: Legit.ng
