Stop Offering Bribes to Police Officers- IGP
Opeyemi Oladunjoye
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has urged members of the public to desist from offering officers of the force bribes so as to avoid corrupting them.
Arase, who had a meeting with senior officers on Tuesday, was asked while addressing newsmen later if bail was free or not.
He replied: “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.”
Arase also announced the arrest of two suspected kingpins responsible for the abductions in Ekiti state and some cultists in Edo state.
