By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja
It appears that this Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Legal Department of the Nigerian Police are hell-bent on entering the Guinness Book of World Records (for the wrong reasons)!!!
It appears that the duo of the IGP and the Legal Department of the Nigerian Police are hell-bent to win the award of producing being the first team to enter Nollywood as best reality drama series!!!
It appears the duo are planning not only entering the records of Nollywood but also winning the award in this category!!!
The category is winning the highest number of REAL, high octane dramas of the most botched prosecutions and court room drama!!!
For example, in three previous open letters, I cited relevant sections of both the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and other legislation that both the IGP and the Legal Department of the Nigerian Police are in violation of by the recent prosecution of Bennett Igweh and four other retired police officers for the offence of forgery of their age of retirement!!!
Amongst other issues, there are 496 other police officers whom the IGP and the Legal Department of the Nigerian Police failed or refused to prosecute for altering their age of retirement even after the Police Service Commission identified these officers in a letter dated February 2025!!!
As if that is not enough, the IGP and the Legal Department of the Nigerian Police are in the news again for the prosecution of two lawyers Victor Giwa and another for the offence of forgery of the letter headed paper of the law firm of Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN.
What makes it more embarrassing, like a comedy movie is that the said Professor Awa Kalu, SAN has written a letter addressed to the said IGP and others to state for the records that at no time did he write a petition to the police to complain about the forgery of his law firm’s letterheaded paper. See the report: https://thenigerialawyer.com/i-have-neither-filed-a-complaint-awa-kalu-san-tells-police-victor-giwa-did-not-forge-his-letterhead/
So if there is no victim, can it be said that a crime has been committed?
The problem is that the combating of the problem of insecurity, banditry and terrorism that is plaguing Nigerians, which is the core mandate of the Nigerian Police, is neglected and abandoned for the DILIGENT PROSECUTION OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS!!!
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