‘We’re the best in Africa’ – police reject ‘unfavourable’ report

The Nigeria police force has described as false and
mischievous, the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index
(WISPI) that ranked it as the worst in the world.

WISPI, released by two bodies – the International Police Science
Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace, had assessed
the police in 127 countries in areas of capacity, process,
legitimacy and outcomes.

The report said Nigeria underperformed on all four areas,
with a score of 0.255.

Reacting, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, described the
research as baseless , saying it is an attempt to “cast aspersions
on the achievement of the police”.

Moshood said Nigeria police force is currently the best in
Africa, judging by its performance.

“The report is not correct, the Nigeria police force rejects it
in its entirety because it is complete falsehood,” he told
TheCable.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the performance of the Nigeria
police force at this critical time is at the highest because if you
go to various missions across the world, our personnel are there
doing the country proud.

“And even when you look at our performance in terms of internal
security, cases of kidnapping and armed robbery have drastically
reduced to the barest minimum. The security situation in the
country now is such that people can go about their duties without
any fear.

“So it is wrong for an unknown organisation to come up with such
report. We do not know the yardstick they used and definitely, it
is not empirical. Who did they talk to? Such an organisation should
know there are equally legal implications against falsehood.”

He said as evidence that the force is the best in Africa,
Nigeria is currently the leader of INTERPOL in Africa, adding: “If
we are the worst, we will not be elected as the leader of INTERPOL
on the continent”

Moshood added: “As we speak, the Somalia police hierarchy is in
Nigeria to understudy what we are doing at home here; to copy from
us. So if they are here, that shows you we have achieved a lot.

“Even for elections security in Nigeria, we have done the best
in ensuring peaceful election in various parts of the country and
we will continue to do our best to ensure that elections are
peaceful.

“And in checking excesses within the force, a lot has been done
in that regard.

“So we want Nigerians to disregard the report in its entirety
because it doesn’t reflect the achievements of the force.”

The Nigeria police force has described as false and
mischievous, the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index
(WISPI) that ranked it as the worst in the world.

WISPI, released by two bodies – the International Police Science
Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace, had assessed
the police in 127 countries in areas of capacity, process,
legitimacy and outcomes.

The report said Nigeria underperformed on all four areas,
with a score of 0.255.

Reacting, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, described the
research as baseless , saying it is an attempt to “cast aspersions
on the achievement of the police”.

Moshood said Nigeria police force is currently the best in
Africa, judging by its performance.

“The report is not correct, the Nigeria police force rejects it
in its entirety because it is complete falsehood,” he told
TheCable.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the performance of the Nigeria
police force at this critical time is at the highest because if you
go to various missions across the world, our personnel are there
doing the country proud.

“And even when you look at our performance in terms of internal
security, cases of kidnapping and armed robbery have drastically
reduced to the barest minimum. The security situation in the
country now is such that people can go about their duties without
any fear.

“So it is wrong for an unknown organisation to come up with such
report. We do not know the yardstick they used and definitely, it
is not empirical. Who did they talk to? Such an organisation should
know there are equally legal implications against falsehood.”

He said as evidence that the force is the best in Africa,
Nigeria is currently the leader of INTERPOL in Africa, adding: “If
we are the worst, we will not be elected as the leader of INTERPOL
on the continent”

Moshood added: “As we speak, the Somalia police hierarchy is in
Nigeria to understudy what we are doing at home here; to copy from
us. So if they are here, that shows you we have achieved a lot.

“Even for elections security in Nigeria, we have done the best
in ensuring peaceful election in various parts of the country and
we will continue to do our best to ensure that elections are
peaceful.

“And in checking excesses within the force, a lot has been done
in that regard.

“So we want Nigerians to disregard the report in its entirety
because it doesn’t reflect the achievements of the force.”