The
authorities of the Nigerian Police College, Oji River in Enugu State, have
suspended five recruits for indiscipline.
The five are
among the 966 fresh intakes of 2016 class currently undergoing training since
Dec. 31, 2016 and expected to pass out in September.
The
Commandant of the college, Anthony Ogboji, made the disclosure in an address at
the opening of a three-day Nigerian Police Force Human Rights Training
Programme in Oji River on Friday.
Mr. Ogboji
said the recruits were drawn from the five states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi,
Enugu and Imo in South East zone.
He said:
“144 recruits out of the 966 were specialists and have successfully been
trained, passed out and posted to various department and formations of the
force where their skills are needed.
“The
officers attached to this college are doing their best to ensure we turn out
well-trained, disciplined and seasoned police constables that can contain the
enormous and dynamic police duty challenges in the society.
“Therefore,
five recruits who have been found wanting in discipline, are serving
suspension,” he said.
The
commandant expressed appreciation to the Enugu State Government for a grant of
N10 million for the upgrade of infrastructure at the college.
“When I was
posted to the college I was scared seeing the level of infrastructural decay.
“The college
wrote to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi explaining the infrastructural decay and some
needs of the college for which he graciously released the N10 million.
“Today,
recruits are no longer going to the bush to defecate. The female recruits are
now bathing in the bathrooms inside their hotels and no longer in the open
place.
“There is
light in the hostels now, soak-away (sewage) pits constructed, doors and
windows that were bad replaced and leaking roofs repaired and replaced,’’ he
said.
(NAN)
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