Nigeria Police faults corruption survey.

Eleven days after the National Bureau of Statistics published a report indicting the Nigeria Police as leading corrupt government institution, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has criticised the report.
According to Idris, the premise upon which the report is based is wrong, saying for the last three years, up till now, no police officer is found for corrupt practices, and involvement in corruption.
He dismisses the damning report, which says Nigerians spent four hundred billion naira annually on bribes to public office holders, with forty-six point four percent of such bribes by citizens paid to the police.
Rather than fault the report, rights activists are of the opinion that the police should use the report as a mirror and rid itself of corrupt influences that threaten the integrity of the institutions.
Rather than fault the report, however, rights activists are of the opinion that the police should use the report as a mirror and rid itself of corrupt influences that threaten the integrity of the institutions.
The Federal Government must act quickly in ensuring that the Nigerian Police Force is restructured and is put in a better shape,” human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi.
When the IGP was appointed, Olajengbesi said the expectation was that the Nigerian Police value system would be improved.
“But the Nigerian Police Force value system is on the decline every day, and we must be concerned about it,” he added.
Since the 2017 National Corruption Survey was released on August 16, analysts have continued to argue very strongly, that the allegations in that document are too important to be treated with levity and should not be swept under the carpet.