In just three months, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has received over 431 complaints against its officers from Nigerian citizens.
These complains came in between June and August, 2022.
Meanwhile, 304 complaints had been resolved with 81 punishments awarded to erring police officers.
These were contained in a document prepared by the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, while explaining the efforts of his ministry and the NPF at ensuring discipline among police personnel’s.
It read in part, “Recently, attention has been placed on the need for professionalism and adherence to extant laws by police officers in the discharge of their lawful duties.
“This has prompted the need to look into the various complaints against police action via social media, and the meting out of sanctions on violators of laws regulating the conduct of police officers.
“In the past three months, a total of 431 complaints against police actions have been received. 304 of these complaints have been resolved with 81 punishments awarded to erring police men and women.
“Seven of these police officers have been dismissed for severe infractions.
“Meanwhile, 40 police personals are undergoing internal disciplinary processes to determine their innocence or otherwise.”