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| IGP, MD Abubakar |
The IGP stopped his men from mounting random road blocks
across the country when he assumed duties, and voila, the incidents of police
shooting bus conductors and passengers over N20 bribe nose-dived. He received
accolades for the move. Now he is undoing the achievement he made in that
regard with his latest order to his men to impound vehicles with any type of
tinted windows.
Just drove past the men in black arguing with a gentleman in
a sparkling Honda Accord 2008 model at Opebi Link road intersection. The
argument was intense in the scorching sun. I could only imagine that it had to
be about the car’s lightly tinted back windows. Abi, that’s the only reason policemen can
randomly stop motorists on a busy road now.
When the man was done blowing grammar, he would either let
his car be impounded or call his accusers aside and ‘resolve’ the matter
amicably, because like it or not, those policemen are on a legal duty, backed
by the order of the IGP.
The IGP has simply given a new meal ticket to his boys. In the
confines of his cosy office, he may threaten fire and brimstones against his
men who extort motorists, but that is his own reality. The reality in the
scorching sun outside is that only saints would turn down an irresistible
settlement terms offered by an affluent gentleman in a posh Honda Accord. And I
think we are all agreed the men of the Nigeria police force are no saints.
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