Going by the recent happenings in our dear country,the inter-tribal and religious violence,the bombings, the bribery, extortions, torture, murder and unwarranted intimidation and detentions all directly linked to the police without achieving its objective of securing our lives and our properties, it is high time we call for the scrapping of the force and empowering of the civil defence corps as they have recorded some successes without the use of rifles and all that. This is my candid opinion, as a lover of human life and Nigeria in general.

I was thinking of starting a similar thread, but with the following topic "is the Nigerian security services (all arms) fit for purpose?". I wouldnt go down the line of civil defence, that would be hard to manage and who will be responsible.

I would suggest a total overhaul, which means starting from scratch, with proper training and equipment. Infact I was speak to a friend that other day about getting ex-British police officers to come and run / setup the new police academies

Na today. They did not become bad overnight, so why opt for the fire brigade approach. Scrap them to be replaced by whom? More corrupt Nigerians? Remember Iraq? After USA disbanded Saddam`s Army? You are left with more chaos.