Are Our Police Officers Unfit for Kits?
The large-scale insecurity in Nigeria is a by-product of several interrelated issues, no doubt. However, a significant contributor to the challenge of the war against insecurity is the gross inadequacy of policing kits in the country. The Nigerian military is overstretched partly because the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has not been optimally empowered to tackle crime & criminality. A close relative of mine, who was a victim of impersonation, had the investigation of her complaint delayed by the police for more than three weeks due to the malfunctioning of the only “signal” equipment or phone tracker in that jurisdiction. How can Nigeria effectively source, analyse, and proactively use intelligence to maintain security across 774 Local Government Areas of the country when the Nigeria Police Force reeks of a dearth of necessary operational tools? If you doubt me, go to the nearest police station right now and tell me whether that sight makes you want to cry to the police for h...