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....even as the spate of insecurity is all time high in Edo state
We have been inundated with worrisome reports of police officers attached to the security architecture of Edo state government geared towards the curbing of crimes and criminal activities in the state.
Reports abound on how police officers of the 'Wabaizigan' team have resorted to collection of tolls from motorists. Just today, officers attached to vehicle number 006 at Upper Sokponba held a commercial bus driver for hours because he has a paper given to him by the Federal Road Safety Commission indicating being booked biometric capturing for drivers licence. As a matter of fact they were already demanding money from the driver until our intervention. Those officers stationed at King's Square have turned it to an opportunity to harass, intimidate and extort citizens, mostly the youths that passes through the round about. We have recovered monies extorted from persons at that spot on several occasions when called upon.
Our worry is that, the police have already positioned itself to make the security architecture to fail due to the innate personal gratification by its personnel. When police officers attached to the operation 'wabaizigan' should be concerned about apprehending armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists and those criminals that poses serious security threats to tax payers, they are busying themselves with mundane issues such as the checking of expired or defected vehicle particulars with the bid of extorting culprits in the midst high security challenges confronting us, they will never handle over suspects for prosecution except those that are unable to pay.
Men of the NSCDC have conducted themselves in most professional manner even as they form part of the security architecture. Our police officers have always turned their expected national service to money making opportunities thereby leading to the high rate of crimes in the society today. Edo state government cannot invest so much into such a scheme and security personnel will turn same to enrich selves with impunity.
Governor Obaseki needs to engage experts in security matters with other critical stakeholders in truly getting it right because from our observations and reports thus far, the current security architecture is heading towards failure if not reformed and structured adequately soonest.
Leftist Osazee Edigin
Public Relations Officer
Edo Civil Society Organisations
Public Relations Officer
Edo Civil Society Organisations
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