A human rights lawyer and activist, Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has alleged that the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, has begun to commercialize their services.
In a post via her X handle on Monday, Ezeilo disclosed that the Police charge fixed amounts as high as N300,000.
The professor of law further accused the Police of failing to respond adequately to poor crime victims in need of their assistance.
“These days, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has started commercializing their services, charging fixed amounts as high as 300k (in Enugu, for example), and hardly responds to poor crime victims requiring their intervention,” the post read.
She noted that victims of Police brutality have not gotten justice, adding that recommendations made by various Panels of Inquiry across the country have not been implemented.
“I was a part of the #ENDSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality.
“It’s disheartening that justice has not been served, and the decisions from the various Panels of Inquiry nationwide have yet to be implemented,” she wrote.
Ezeilo expressed her support for the constitutional establishment of State Police and the reorganization of the NPF to ensure maximum professionalism.
Police now charge high amounts for their services – Prof Ezeilo alleges
