The Senate also urged the IGP to ensure the training and retraining of police personnel to be civil to citizens.
has condemned the continuous extortion and harassment of motorists and commuters by officers of the Nigerian police on the highways.Four days ago, a video surfaced on the internet where some officers of the police attached to Ekpoma Division in Edo State ran over a handcuffed man with a Sienna patrol vehicle for allegedly refusing to allow the officers to check his mobile phones.
He prayed the Senate to call the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to direct personnel of the force to stop the extortion and harassment of motorists and commuters plying the highways in the pretence of conducting stop and search.The Minority Leader, Simon Mwadkwon , made an additional prayer that the police should embark on training and retraining their personnel to ensure that the officers are civil while carrying out their duties.
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