Northern Youth Association of Nigeria has expressed support for the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun for rejecting what he described as faulty processes of recruiting constables into the Nigeria Police.
The association explained that it was aware of the alleged irregularities and corruption perpetuated by the assigned committee to conduct the recruitment of constable into the Force, insisting that the process must be properly conducted.
National President of the association, Comrade Godiya Adams, in a statement made available to journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday, therefore called on President Bola Tinubu to disregard the call by what it described as unpatriotic individuals for the sack of Egbetokun.
“Our attention has in recent days been drawn to news making rounds of a group of unpatriotic and disgruntled individuals asking President Tinubu for the sack of the IGP.
“We want to state without equivocation, fear or favour, that such actions are not only malicious but selfish and self-centered,” the statement reads.
Adams said, “We are hereby calling on our father, the President and Commander-in-Chief to disregard such action, and to even call such individuals to order as their actions undermines the effort of the IGP to bring the Nigerian Police to global reckoning,” Adams said.
He further explained that there have been positive developments with the Nigerian Police under the stewardship of IGP, noting that Nigerians are very happy with the way the Police have been conducting themselves in the discharge of their duties.
The association then urged the IGP to remain focused on giving Nigerians the best police-citizens relationship, saying “these individuals might stop at nothing to tarnish his hard earned reputation as the Nigeria Police Chief of impeccable antecedents.”
The association called on the president to constitute a panel of investigation that will properly look into the allegations of misconduct and corruption that it said, had marred the constable recruitment process into the Nigeria Police Force and bring defaulters to book. “We cannot sit back and watch some few selfish individuals dashing our renewed hope.”
Adams also expressed delight that Nigeria is on track to greatness under President Tinubu, and assured that they would kick against anyone or group truncating the progress and laudable achievements of the present administration.