Nigerian Police explain reasons for integrating repented criminals into policing job
The Nigerian Police has cleared the air on why it converted about 50 hardened criminals to police constabularies in Kano State, northern Nigeria.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, explained that the move was an initiative under the Community Policing structure of the state government.
He emphasized that it was not a bad concept, saying that the proposal followed the peculiarities of the security situation in Kano State.
In a post on X, the Police spokesman explained that, “They were converted to Police Constabularies, not constables. The 2 words are not the same. It’s the Kano State government’s initiative and project under the Community Policing scheme.
“In my opinion, it’s not a bad idea that the government converted them to useful security agents.
“If you know much about Kano, you would understand the idea of the government in this regard. So, study Kano State, and be informed”.
The Kano State Police Command was in the limelight after it trained and converted 50 hardened criminals to Police Constabularies.
The Commissioner of Police, CP, Mohammed Usaini Gumel, earlier declared the 50 selected repentant thugs were drawn from Dala, Fagge, Ungogo, Municipal and Gwale LGAs of Kano State.
