Officers of the Nigerian Police have been asked to live
above board and to see themselves as agents of change.
This advice was made on Wednesday by the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police,fatai Owoseni at the passing out of Course 11/2017 batch
55/56 for Station officers of the Command at the Police Training College Ikeja
Lagos.
The Commissioner commended his officers and men for the
wonderful job they are doing ask them to see themselves first and foremost as
Nigerians so as to be able to relate with their fellow citizens.
He cautioned them to distance themselves from all forms
of indiscipline including collection of bribes, extortion and extra judicial
killings.
According to him, the current leadership of the
Nigerian Police headed by the Inspector General of Police has a zero tolerance
for indiscipline.
He further told them that in all they do, they should
have it at the back of their mind that one, they’ll be accountable before their
creator.
In his own remark, the Commandant of the Nigerian
Police Training College ACP Kayode Egbetokun enumerated the rationale behind
the retraining of officers of the command.
He stated that the course was initiated by the current
Police commissioner of Police in February 2016 with the aim of reforming certain
categories of Police officers who have fallen out of line (defaulters).
But with the success story recorded after the first
batch of defaulting officers were trained,the training has been extended to all
categories of officers.
At the last count about 2,650 officers have passed
through the training school in the past one year.
The Commandant expressed his joy at the success story
recorded so far since the exercise started.
According to him, the feedback from the various Police
Stations across the State is heart warning based on the impact recorded by
those trained by the School.
He thanked the Commissioner of Police for his financial
and material support to School since the training began , pledging that they’ll
leave up to the expectations expected of them.
In their remarks some of the course participants
expressed their joy at the Standard and quality of learning at the Training
school.
They thanked the School for “reforming” them and making
them better officers.
They pledged to take back all they’ve learnt to their
various Police Stations and to extend such to their colleagues.
The highlight of the vent was the issuance of
certificate to the participants.
67 officers made up mostly of officers within the rank
of Inspectors participated in the course.
Also in attendance was the Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian
Police Training School , first Nigerian female Olympic medalist CSP Chioma
Ajunwa Oparah.
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