The decorated acting Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has declared that the era of impunity in the Nigeria Police Force is over, vowing to enforce a regime of zero tolerance to corruption and human rights abuses.
Disu made the declaration on Wednesday shortly after President Bola Tinubu decorated him with his new rank at the State House, Abuja.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the ceremony, the new police chief outlined his priorities, emphasising that Nigerian citizens, not politicians, are the ultimate bosses of the police.
“I will let them (fellow policemen and women) know that the era of impunity is over. I will ensure that I train them and encourage them to follow human rights.
“I will ensure that they know that I will try to follow a regime of zero tolerance to corruption,” Disu stated.
He added, “Most importantly, I’m going to drum it into them that we can never succeed without the cooperation of members of the public.”
The new IGP said one of his first actions would be to address officers across the country to reorient them on citizen-centred policing.
“One of the first lectures I’m going to have with my men, I’m going to talk to them, let them know that the citizen, the citizen of the country, is the boss.
“It’s very, very important for them to know that no police anywhere in the world can succeed without the cooperation of members of the public,” he declared.
