An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Zyad Ibn Isah, has told the Leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch, that the Metropolitan Police was a mess before now.
The Media Aide to the Chairman of the Police Service Commission said this in reaction to Badenoch’s comment on the Nigeria Police.
The Eagle Online recalls that Badenoch, a Nigerian by birth, had accused the Nigeria Police of robbing his brother, saying they took his shoes and wristwatch.
Born Kemi Adegoke, she told The Free Press: “My experience with the Nigeria Police was very negative.
“However, my experience with the British Police was very positive when I came to the UK.
“The police in Nigeria will rob us.
“When people say I have this bad experience with the police because I’m black, I say well… I remember the police stole my brother’s shoe and his watch.
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“It’s a very poor country.
“People do all sorts of things.
“So, giving people a gun is just a licence to intimidate.
“But that’s not just the problem.
“That is not the bar we should use for the British police.
“When I was burgled, for example, the police were there.
“They were helpful before they eventually caught the person.
“This was in 2004… that was 20 years ago.”
Responding to Badenoch in a post on social media, ASP Isah said: “I would recommend David Rose’s ‘In the Name of the Law’ to Kemi Badenoch.
“The truth is, the London Metropolitan Police was a mess in the 1960s, 1970s, and even the 1980s.
“It was through various reforms and even a change of name that they became what they are today.
“If the questioner had asked a British citizen in the 1960s or 1970s whether they trusted the British police, I doubt they would have said yes.
“The situation was that bad. Nigeria and its police force are not perfect – we know that.
“But we will rise from the ashes, just like the UK and its police force.
“Aunty Kemi should enjoy her new pastime of denigrating her fatherland while it lasts.”
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