Posted by Solomon Arase, chairman of Nigeria’s Police Service Commission, has warned that the organization and the Nigeria Police Force are facing difficult times.
He claims that the police around the world need to take a more scientific approach to fighting crime because criminality has become more sophisticated.
On Sunday, Head of Press and Public Relations Ikechukwu Ani said that the scope and difficulty of monitoring duties have increased dramatically.
To complete its mission, he said the commission requires resources and expertise.
This revelation was reportedly made by Arase during a meeting with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria, led by the Institute’s Pioneer President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr. Iliaysu Buba Gashinbaki, according to the statement.
The commission’s headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, was the site of the conference.
“The PSC Chairman mentioned cyberbullying, criminal financial/banking attacks, and other complex crimes threatening various sectors of the nation’s fledgling democracy,” the statement read.
He said the police and the commission need to take swift action to deal with these new threats. He continued by saying that these two government bodies needed adequate resources and training to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities.
He insisted that police presence be increased in neighborhoods and business districts, particularly in Divisional centers that have been abandoned and turned into lawless zones occupied by non-state entities.
He said that the nation’s security can only be fully restored by a steady influx of police officers into neighborhoods and back into control of formerly ungoverned areas.
To address the growing threat of new types of financial and other crimes in the country, Arase has announced that the Commission would work with the Institute.
He also said he supports contracting out for in-house expertise gaps. He assured them that Institute personnel would be brought in as resources at police academies so that students could learn about cybercrime and other advanced methods of crime prevention.
Even before this, Gashinbaki had praised the PSC Chairman for the outstanding work he has brought to the Commission, work that is definitely a result of his spotless record in the Nigeria Police Force, where he climbed to the highest rank of Inspector General.
He said, “The Institute stands ready to support the Commission in its oversight roles related to police recruitment, promotion, and discipline, and most importantly, investigation.”