Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has criticised the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, accusing him of poor leadership and stating that the Nigeria Police Force has failed Nigerians.
Sowore made the remarks in a post shared on his X account on Wednesday, where he questioned why Egbetokun was still in office despite what he described as widespread failure within the police.
According to him, morale within the force has collapsed under the current leadership, while professionalism has been replaced by decay, illegality and impunity at the highest level.
“The Nigeria Police Force has been reduced to a caricature and run completely into the ground,” Sowore wrote.
He added that public trust in the police has continued to decline.
“The damage is evident not only in the growing loss of public trust but also in the deep frustration of officers who see the little professionalism left replaced by decay, illegality, and impunity at the very top.
“How could the Nigeria Police Force deny the obvious church abductions on Kajuru in Kaduna for close to one week?” he wrote.
Recall that bandits on Sunday attacked two churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting an unspecified number of worshippers.
However, the Kaduna State Government and the Kaduna State Police Command dismissed reports that over 100 worshippers were abducted during the attacks, describing the claims as false and misleading.
‘Nigeria Police reduced to caricature under Egbetokun’ – Sowore
