OFFA ROBBERY: WHAT THE NIGERIAN POLICE CAN DO_ TUNDE ADEGBITE

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A heartless robbery of robberies happened in Offa, Kwara state Nigeria. Armed robbers moved to the Nearest police station and killed 9 policemen before attacking banks to kill more than 20 people.

The media condemned the acts. The police was gruesomely bitter. The executive was embarrassed. Investigations commenced immediately. And in less than 10 weeks, many of the robbers have been caught. Lessons learnt:

1. If the police will not wait till her men get killed before doing her job by sorting  her internal issues, this country will be a better place.

2. When you hear of herdsmen killing, robberies and major insecurity, it is because the police is yet not willing to do her job. If the police decides to really work, you will not find any criminals in Nigeria.

3. There may be no sufficient technology to support the police like CCTV and Biometrics etc but even in the world of robbery, there are maps, there are kingdoms and there are kingpins.

4. These maps, kingdoms and kingpins are usually in police custody.

5. When the police is failing, it is not because they are lazy. It is because the executive is not interested.

6. The indiscipline you see in the police today thrives because the executive prefers it.

7. There are criminals in prisons on awaiting trials and jail terms who by merely hearing the robbery modus operandi or seeing the darkest pic will mention all the robbers involved for just a drink. Prison intelligence must be taken seriously for adequate security to thrive.

7. An average teenager in some developed nations at the sight of crime can remember the plate number, car model, skin color and guess the height. In some cases, he knows the shoes he saw, all at first questioning. Is something wrong with our child education or how we teach alertness?

8. Your house is at stake when your neighbours wall is ablaze.

9. Analogue security men will never police a digital and youthful generation. The police must retrain her men for security and safety to thrive in the land.

10. Nigerians must vote only leaders who respect fundamental human rights.Its worrisome that there are businesses that kill more than 50 people annually with little or no consequences. A leader that protects cow lives and businesses more than the lives of her citizens do not deserve the leadership of the country.