Nigeria Police React To NBS Report, Say ‘We Are Not Corrupt’
The Nigeria Police has condemned a report by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, labelling the Force as most corrupt institution in the country.
The NBS in a report titled Nigerian Corruption Survey 2017, placed the Police Force on top of the corruption index.
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However, in a swift reaction, Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood, distanced the Force from the report, describing it as “mischievous”.
Moshood explained that he has not seen the report, noting that the Nigeria Police Force is “not a corrupt institution”.
“We have not seen such report and we cannot react to what we have not seen but what I know is that the Nigerian Police Force is not corrupt,” the police spokesman said was quoted by the Nation as saying.
“Corruption is a personal thing and Nigeria Police Force is not a corrupt institution and it is not for anybody to have made such allegation.
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”The allegations are mischievous because it is not empirical and we distance ourselves from such and we want all Nigerians to condemn such.
”In fact a lot of changes have been introduced into the Force to ensure that we are accountable to the people.
“Such a report is unacceptable by the Force and we want everybody to disregard such because the Nigeria Police is not corrupt.
“The allegation is not empirical and it cannot stand any test or proof. It is misleading,” he added.
