President Buhari Please Call Nigerian Police Officers In The South East To Order

It is important to have security patrols and control points in South East but to turn the South East to EXTORTION ground is unacceptable. A lot of military and police checkpoints in the South East are purely mounted to extort from poor South Easterners. We see these officers harass and abuse Igbo people simply for money; a thing they cannot try in many other places in country. That is dehumanizing and it gives bad impression to people of the South East.

As Senator Ohuabunwa said on the floor of the Senate, every 300 meters you drive, you will see this guys only busy collecting money and abusing people who refused to give them money. This is not hearsay, I Great Imo Jonathan had witnessed it on several occasions and the tempo is increasing and that is not good.

To make matters worse, these guy come out in the morning and towards late evenings to do their businesses and then return back to their bases. It is simply about the money. When you drive through these checkpoints at midnight when their presence will be very much needed, you do not get to see them. Kidnappers and all manner of criminals use the night to conduct their activities and these officers come in the day to extort from people and create bottlenecks for businesses. That is unacceptable.

As much as their presence is needed in the South East, they should be told clearly what they are sent there to do. They need to improve their intelligence gathering and stop the ongoing embarrassment on South Eastern roads. Our people are beginning to think that this is part of the Federal Government’s agenda to intimidate Ndi Igbo.

As one John Abraham wrote:

“I often drive from Umuahia to ABUJA and back. I have counted the number of road blocks and all manner of security checks between ABUJA and Enugu and then between Enugu and Umuahia. Here is the result on two occasions”

“1. Abuja to Enugu: 7 and 7
2. Enugu to Umuahia 33 and 43”

“You will not even find such controls in volatile areas like Benue. Use your tongue to count your teeth”

Please Mr President mandate the Inspector General of Nigerian Police to remedy this situation immediately.

Thank you Sir!