…Submit petitions yourself
By Hassan Zaggi
The Nigeria Police Force has insisted that it does not have special agents who are coopted to submit or follow-up petitions/complaints to its offices on behalf of others.
In a statement on Sunday, the Force Spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi (ACP), advised any aggrieved person to submit his/her petition directly to the police station or formation closer to him.
He frowned at a situation where some “unscrupulous and dubious elements,” pose themselves as special agents whose duty is to submit and follow-up complaints to the police on behalf of the members of the public.
The FPRO, therefore, warned that the Force is tracking such dubious individuals and cautioned them to desist or be ready to face the anger of the law.
“It has been observed that many Nigerians seek the help and services of some unscrupulous and dubious elements in processing written complaints or petitions, which has hindered the smooth attention such petitions deserve and denied many justice.
“The Nigeria Police does not have agents to take and process petitions from Nigerians.
“These elements charge and dupe people of huge amounts under the pretence of processing their complaints with such monies and denting the image of the Police and our Senior Officers. This is improper and unacceptable.
“Nigerians are hereby urged to always drop petitions to our offices as normal correspondence, as there are no special treatments, or administrative bureaucracies on petitions”
The statement, therefore, appealed to members of the public to “expose and report anyone who is fond of doing that via our published complaint platforms.
“We condemn this in its totality and will do everything possible to curb such, and whoever caught in that dirty deal will face the full wrath of the law.”
