The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department, DIG Zachariah Fera-Achinyan, has described extortion, human rights abuses and other forms of misconduct by police personnel as clear signs of unprofessionalism and indiscipline.
Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement and consultative meeting with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police coordinating the North-East, held on Monday at the Gombe State Police Command Headquarters, Fera-Achinyan said officers who engage in extortion often live beyond their legitimate means.
“A disciplined policeman is always a disciplined policeman. A disciplined policeman is a professional policeman. A professional policeman is a complete policeman,” he said.
According to him, professionalism in policing requires sacrifice and contentment.
“If you see a policeman indulging in acts of extortion, that policeman is not a good manager of resources. You see a policeman wearing the rank of a corporal and living like a DSP. His salary cannot measure up to
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