The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mr. Parry Osayande, has said the police lack the basic infrastructure to fight crimes in the country.
Osayande, a retired Deputy Insepctor-General of Police, however, said the challenge was being tackled by the commission through the provision of necessary logistics.
He spoke when the Presidential Committee on Human Rights led by Abdulrahman Yakubu paid him a visit in Abuja on Wednesday.
Osayande, who warned that any policeman caught violating human rights would be penalised, traced the inadequacies of the Nigeria Police Force to faulty recruitment process.
He explained that prior to the constitution of the PSC, people were recruited without proper screening.
Osayande said, “Prior to the advent of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, there were two laws: One for the poor and the other for the rich. There are two major types of human rights, the one that directly affects human beings and that of infrastructure.
“We met under-kitted and indisciplined police. I don’t deny police failure in some areas, but since the inception of the PSC, things have changed for the better.”
Among the commission’s achievements, according to him, are the upgrade of police colleges across the country, training and retraining of police operatives, and maintainance of law and order in the force.
The PSC chairman added, “The Nigeria Police Force is the single largest organisation in Africa, if not in the whole world.I can boldly tell you that the police in Nigeria lack basic infrastructure to fight crimes and for peace within in the country.
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