Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has accused the Nigeria Police of enforcing what is not law in the country.
Sowore made this allegation on Wednesday while fielding questions in an interview on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’.
He was speaking on citizen–police relations, stressing that policing should be about ensuring the protection of citizens in the country.
“First thing is that we should call Nigeria Police Department and not a Force because some of the activities of the Nigeria Police and how they have adversarial relationship with citizens is rooted in where they came from; the colonial era.
“Policing should be about ensuring the protection of citizens in the country. The Nigeria Police have an interest only in enforcing laws and even enforcing what is not law.
“Those people at the top of the police hierarchy can understand that they need to change the DNA of the police by ensuring that their first attitude is to protect the populace,” he said.
