Policemen who misbehave are uncultured, deviants – FPRO

In a thought-provoking discussion, the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has described policemen who misbehave as not well cultured and deviants.

He said disobeying the directive of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, was ethically wrong.

Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, said this was unacceptable for any police officer.

The FPRO made this known on Tuesday while responding to a Netizen: @Boy_Cyril, who inquired for clarification on the conduct of police officers in their line of duty.

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@Boy_Cyril had alleged that some policemen usually threaten innocent citizens with jail terms if advised to obey the IGP’s directives on their conduct in the line of duty.

He added that some policemen when confronted with the advice would make statements like: “Call the IGP or you will go to jail,” knowing that the citizen doesn’t have the IGP’s phone number.

@Boy_Cyril wrote: “Thank you for all your efforts to make the NPF great because there are so many bad eggs inside. If you tell them IGP said you guys can’t do this, they will say, “Call IGP or you will go to jail, like say my papa sef get IGP number.”

In his response, the Force PRO asserted that it is an act of indiscipline for any policeman to conduct himself/herself in that manner, stressing that it is more of a personal trait than a police system thing to act in such a manner.

Adejobi tweeted: “It’s an act of indiscipline for a policeman to ask you to call the IGP or any senior officer in a situation like that.

“And it’s to reaffirm that some of them who misbehave are not well cultured and are deviants.

“Let’s call a spade a spade. It’s a personal thing, not a system thing.

“It’s not proper and not acceptable for a policeman to disobey or disrespect the directive of the IGP or violate the rules and regulations of the police.”