Don’t Bribe Police Men, Report Them Instead – IG Urge Nigerians

The new Inspector-General of Police,

Solomon Arase, have appealed to

Nigerians not to give bribe to policemen

even if they ask of it saying, it takes

two to tango and Nigerians shouldn’t be

part of it. He made the statement today

in Abuja while fielding questions from

journalists during a meeting with senior

officers on the issue of whether or not

bail was free.

“We have a zero tolerance for payment

of money to free suspect. I am

appealing to members of the public, not

to corrupt my men; It takes two to

tango. If they ask you for bribe and you

refuse to give, and you have avenues

where your grievances can be

ventilated, I do not see any reason why

you should give them bribe. The

Commissioner of Police is there; the

Area Commander is there; the DPO is

there; and the technical platform (to

report corrupt policemen) is there. We

have opened ourselves to public

accountability. So, you cannot now say

the whole problem should be blamed on

the police force’’, he said.