A member of a group, The Professionals for Change Dr. Tokunbo Adedeji has advocated the closing down of the police Barracks across Nigeria to curb the rot in the police system.
“If I had my way, I’ll close down all the police barracks throughout the federation, that’s where the rot of the police starts”.
He said he’s had a clarion call over 20 years ago that something needs to be done for Nigeria.
He explained further on our breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, that no matter how much training these men and women receive at the college, they get corrupt by means of residing in the police barracks; losing everything they were trained on and absorbing the ‘Barrack Mentality’.
He said that the barrack mentality segregates the police from the entire society, carving a scenario of ‘Us and Them’ with ‘Us’ being the police and ‘Them’ being the society at large.
He said further that inside the police barracks, a new attitude is imbibed with set of rules and code of conduct.
He advised that the police should be allowed to stay in the society with ordinary citizens so a synergy can be achieved and by that a policeman can know his environment better.
Watch the complete interview for more details.
