I write this piece to bring to our consciousness the alarming growth rate of corruption within the nigerian police force. I will attempt not to politise this post but it is almost impossible.A quick look around inner surburbs of Lagos will show the infamous men in black standing confidently demanding cash grants from public and yes private commuters! Alarmingly this is growing by the day as illegal check points are now clustering inner streets of lagos.

This dastardly act was eradicated to an almost extinction under previous Inspector generals of police but it seems the nigerian police unit has grown a careless wing under this new leadership. Dailly we read stories of police assualting a citizen here or shooting another there, this acts are beggining to skyrocket and if not curtailed I fear for our country Nigeria. Recession is biting hard and this men in black are also feeling the sting of the economy and given that they have the power and the weapon one can only fear for the masses.

The IGP needs to look into this issue immediately except he is in synch with perpetrators else he needs to curb this menace before it gets too ugly.

please give to Caesar what belongs to him... how can you say corruption is growing in the Nigerian police.. My dear the corruption in Nigerian police has not only grown but has grey hair now.

Have you written against politicians, senators and congressmen standing wit dogora. All diz no envelope,no services in d ministry, departments and agencies. wich corruption has put us in recession, d police or the political class. u left the thief and u ar chasing shadows.first tin first

read d messages of the op below me and know ur own duties

By:Prof. Issah Danladi
Sunday message
Worship centre. #changebeginswithme
Some people thinks dat d change can actually happen without dem actively getting involved. The only thing some people ar gud at on social media now is to blame, hate and tribalism.
Change begins with all of us, we shud respect the law, dats how it's done in developed countries, dat tin u are running away to see in countries dat dnt nid u but kill ur people, do it here so dat people who ran away can come back home.
Give information to d police, dats d duty of everyone according to d Constitution, d Constitution covers all laws, it's d minimum standard where all oda laws ar derived, so know d laws cus some people tink Constitution is d only law, also know d police control room number of ur state pending wen a national shortcode is created, dats d first step of keeping urself safe. U will neva knw hw responsive and helpful dey ar until u try them not jst join d mass to talk against ur police. Don't run wen invited or visited by d police. Go and explain wat u knw. Ur willingness to assist an investigation will further free u from dat case since the IPO is human and will see how helpful u hav been in unraveling d truth.
Don't b abusive wen u meet law enforcement officers,talk to dem wit respect if u want dem to respect ur person, respect is reciprocal. Stop shouting how bad ur police is wen other countries police ar worst, yes, u sit at home watching censored US police films and u dnt knw dat doz ar security psychological strategies to keep America safe. It's only in Nigeria dat nollywood, individuals say tinz against dia police. How will dey treat u well too. It is d way Africans especially Nigerians behave dat make dia military and there civil police to brutalize dem. Where people respect d law or demselve by obeying simple STOP order, don't park order, traffic ruke like UK, USA, check how dia police treat dem. How do dey also treat offenders. The truth is no police has d right to violate ur right if u av not offended but Nigerians ar always offenders either by word of mouth, body language or actions
Ur response to an officer wen stopped, invited, arrested or approached will determine how u ar treated honestly. Y not simply follow d officer so long as u hav committed an offence and he is genuinely on official capacity to enforce d arrest. Some of us don't even knw d law, there are offenses dat arrest can be with warrant and there are some which d offences do not require warrant before u ar arrested. Police has several powers including to stop and search u if he suspects u, transfer u to relevant agency for further investigation and prosecution. There ar some simple offences which u shouldn't spend more dan 24hrs in d station, there ar d ones dat u will face d investigation for months. It's more of a problem even among d educated aged people who wrote waec from year 2000 up, it's becus most of them didn't do civics in sch, dats y dey hav refused to embrace civility.
Some of us will b d first to want to bribe the police, and complain ur money was extorted, why won't u want to bribe wen u knw u hav committed and if prosecution is activated, u will end up in jail. Truth is d police will enforce all d laws and simple offences rather Dan settling some, d prisons will b overcrowded wich it is already overcrowded even.
So d purpose of my preaching is for u dat is reading diz to respect ur self, stop complaining. Treat d police right if u want them to treat u right, many who hav frends or married to a forceman will testify how friendly diz guys can be. No dull moment with them at all wich make me to concur dat police is truly ur frend. Only criminals dislike d police and dats y some people called Nigerians criminals in UK.
Govt shud kit the police up to international standard so dat we can b proud of dem again. There bosses shud sit and discuss hw to improve d welfare allowances of their men. we want to see a police with all d operational waist kits and communication gadget complete. We want a national shortcode like the 911 in d USA for easy emergency calls. Nigeria is truly growing under d recession cus everyone is now thinking right. If not for d police, d country will hav been divided, invaded and disintegrated over d years, imagine one hour in naija without police, so we hail our service men both past present and serving.
Prof. Isah Danladi
Sunday message
Worship center
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Disclaimer: copied as shared but I think it's a nice

Op point of correction, corruption in the Nigeria police force has reached maturity state and is no more growing. It only adapts to changing economic indicators.