We have to create police academies in every state to uniformly train police so that they understand the law they are trying to facilitate. In the US when you are stopped by the police for an assumed transgression, you will be issued a citation stating what aspect of the law or ordinance you are accused of transgressing. That citation will state a day and time for you to present yourself before a judge to plead your case.. Nigeria police only know to ask for and confiscate ‘particulars’ until a bribe is paid.Nigeria should abolish federal.police and replace it with local government police made up of residents of that area who are uniformly trained at a central or state academy and assigned back to their local government area. The LGA will be responsible for hiring and firing it’s own force. This local force knows all the bad guys and their hang out. This local force will report to the people through the LGA council. It makes no sense to take an indigene of Otta and make him police commissioner at Ilorin and have him report to a commander at Abuja. This makes him unaccountable to the people he polices. It’s like your night watchman reporting to your neighbor. The British did that to enable them police natives who have no say in the matter. Must we continue to do the same? Local police in say Yaba or Oshodi will be the final authority in the stated jurisdiction and cannot be dictated to from outside. That way if you are the principal of a federal college in Nekede and you em

defraud then Nekede police will deal with you without interference from Owerri. Can you imagine los angeles police been subject to
San Francisco or Manchester police being subject to london? Federal police structure is responsible for 50% of the corruption in Nigeria
Finally local police chief should be elected to a 5 years or so tenure that way if crime and injustice runs rampant the people know who to hold responsible and they vote him out. LGAs should tax the local citizens and give them the quality of security they pay for. Presently vehicles provide for police work are used to take madam to the hair saloon or the family to a wedding and no one dares ask why? SCRAP FEDERAL POLICE IN NIGERIA TO CURB CORRUPTION