WE CALL ON THE PRESIDENT TO FUND THE VIGILANTE GROUP OF NIGERIA AS THE ONLY COMMUNITY POLICE IN NIGERIA.


In accordance with the Nigeria Police Act...
The statement added that presidential directive to the IG on community policing was pursuant to Section 215(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended and Section 10(1) of the Police Act Cap. P19, LFN 2004.
He quoted Section 215(3) of the Constitution as saying that “the President or such minister of the government of the federation as he may authorise in that behalf may give to the IG such lawful directions with respect to the maintenance and securing of public safety and public order as he may consider necessary and the IG shall comply with those directions or cause them to be complied with.
“Also section 10 (1) of the Police Act, ‘the president may give to the IG such directions with respect to the maintaining and securing of public safety and public order as he may consider necessary, and the IG shall comply with those directions or cause them to be complied with.’”
The statement added: “The roll-out of the community policing programme is intended to enhance crime prevention and control, improve intelligence-gathering capabilities of the police and deliver quality and people-oriented policing.
“The programme will involve the community partnering with the police to uncover and solve crimes through a process involving town hall meetings to assess security situation and security priorities of the communities, the performance of the police and the nature of the support the communities can provide to improve the quality of policing.

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