Over the period, the police authorities have
stressed that the payment for bail at police
stations is illegal.
Again, the Acting Inspector General of
Police, Solomon Arase, has stated that it is
improper for police officers to request for
money from suspects for bail. Arase
warned that he will no longer accept such
from his men because his administration
will have zero tolerance for corruption.
The police chief said he will not hesitate to
prosecute any officer found guilty of such
crime.
Arase, addressing officers at his maiden
visit to the Lagos State Police Command in
Ikeja, also warned that henceforth, every
police officer must have sufficient evidence
to arrest and interrogate any suspect, which
is the normal practice worldwide.
The police boss said he is ready to
“resurrect the Enugu Intelligence Training
School” to enhance the intelligence
gathering of the Force. He added that
officers would be retrained regularly to keep
them abreast of the latest form of policing.
“I want to discourage custodian approach
to policing,” Arase said, explaining that “this
will reduce the cases of seeking for bail and
unnecessary detention of suspects in our
cells.”
“To put a stop to the issue of bribery, we
have a platform in the Nigeria Police; in the
intelligence department attending to all
complains especially in the area of
corruption,” he stated.
Arase advised his men to “feel free to send
any complaint to that department,”
stressing that “bail is free and all those
offering money to the police are also
corrupt.”
“I am passionate about the intelligence
school that is why I am determined to
invest on capacity building. I am going to
resurrect the Enugu Intelligence Training
School and ensure that officers are trained
and retrained. They need to be up to date
with the modern trend of investigation. It’s
obvious that they do things out of
ignorance,” the top cop said.
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