SHOCKING
discoveries by President Goodluck Jonathan during his unscheduled visit
on Friday to the Police College, Ikeja, may lead to a major shake-up
in the Nigeria Police Force and the Ministry of Police Affairs,
findings by The PUNCH have revealed.
A Presidency official, who spoke to one
our correspondents in confidence, on Sunday, said, “The picture being
painted is that of total neglect of the police training colleges,
including the one in Ikeja.
“But the fact is that some money was
budgeted for those colleges. How has the money been spent? There will be
a probe and anybody found wanting will be sacked.”
Already, sources said top officials at
the Ministry of Police Affairs, the Police Service Commission, and the
office of the Inspector-General of Police have been put under scrutiny
over the condition of the PCI.
It was also gathered that the DIG ‘E’
Department, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo, who oversees training in the Nigeria
Police, might be called upon to give explanations on the “unacceptable
magnitude” of rot in the police training schools.
Jonathan, who could not hide his anger
during the visit to the PCI en route Cote d’Ivoire for the ECOWAS
Summit on Mali, said that the rot , being televised as a documentary
on a Lagos-based privately-owned Channels Television, was meant to
tarnish the image of his administration.
PUNCH
The documentary was said to have informed his unscheduled visit to the college.
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