Nigeria Police Force is deep in Corruption, Abuse & Human Rights Violations-UNITED Nations office on Drugs, Crime
…There is a gradual erosion of public trust in the police
*”Public distrust has compromised the legitimacy and ability of the police to respond to an increasingly complex security environment”
*”Existing mechanisms for police oversight are underutilized due to insufficient progress made toward ending impunity for police violations and abuses”
*”The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, initiated two distinct but interrelated police oversight and accountability projects developed in response to a request for support from the Nigeria Inspector General of Police”
*BY HALIMA NURENI/POLICE Correspondent, Europe, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER
BARRAGE OF CRITICISM AND CONDEMNATION HAVE GREETED THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NPF ACTIVITIES BY THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE due to the shameful vices traceable to alleged endemic corruption, lawlessness, abuse and human rights violation characterized by these officers in uniform.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports read: “In Nigeria, decades of actual and perceived impunity for corruption and human rights violations and abuses associated with the NPF have led to a gradual erosion of public trust in the police.
“Public distrust has compromised the legitimacy and ability of the police to respond to an increasingly complex security environment.
“Meanwhile, existing mechanisms for police oversight are underutilized and there has been insufficient progress made toward ending impunity for police violations and abuses.”
This is why the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, initiated two distinct but interrelated police oversight and accountability projects, which were developed in response to a request for support from the Nigerian Inspector General of Police to support its internal oversight mechanism managed through the Complaints Response Unit (CRU), a public-facing complaints management system designed to respond to all cases of police professional misconduct that occur during police-citizen interactions.
“We recognize that police oversight cannot and should not remain an exclusively internal exercise. External oversight bodies, notably the Police Service Commission, the National Human Rights Commission, as well as numerous civil society organizations play a critical role in ensuring that there is greater transparency and accountability in police actions and inactions, “the report concluded.
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