INSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun, yesterday declared that henceforth any policeman that "kills innocent person through accidental discharge would be executed publicly. He said the police force would no longer accept "accidental discharge "as an excuse from any police officer for killing innocent people. The police boss in a chat with newsmen in Lagos said that the police was worried greatly at the spate of extra-judicial killings across the country, adding that it was better to allow robbers to escape than kill innocent persons.How soon before we have to "call our police to order"? Obviously our situation is no where near as bad as Nigeria's, but if don't stop the militarization of our police force, how soon will it be until we see it?"The police is greatly disturbed about the degree of extra-judicial killing among trigger-happy policemen. It is better to allow 10 armed robbers to escape than kill one innocent person in the name of fighting crime. And I have always told them that anybody found guilty of illegally killing innocent persons would be treated as a murderer and would face prosecution," he vowed.
Rising cases of extra judicial killings have forced Nigerians to ask police authorities to call their people to order.
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