Adeleke also advised police officers against letting another #EndSARS protest erupt, as it may lead to the end of the Nigerian police
By Kehinde Okeowo
An Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 (Lagos and Ogun), Adeleke Adeyinka Bode, has admitted that some of his men are into internet fraud, otherwise known as Yahoo-Yahoo and cultism.
Adeleke made the admittance while speaking in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State recently. According to him, the policemen involved in these acts are the ones sabotaging the efforts of the police force to rid society of crimes.
He argued that an officer who is a member of a particular cult group or who is an internet fraudster is likely to protect his or her partners in crime when they commit an offence.
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The AIG charged the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, to fish out officers involved in cultism and cybercrime and warned his men against misconduct and other acts that may trigger civil unrest.
He said, “If you (police officers) are a cultist I don’t think you should show it to people because it is wrong; and do you know why it is wrong even if you are not wicked? if you belong to a cult group, there is no way you are not going to favour a member of your cult, unless you are not a good cult member.
“In a situation where a police officer is a member of a cult group and people in the society know that he is a cultist, his activities are related to cultism, I think it is sad.
“There are some of our policemen too now that are into cybercrime, popularly know as Yahoo-Yahoo, especially policemen who find themselves in places where we have institutions of higher learning; it is very common. You (Commissioner) need to fish them out and you need to preach to them,” Adeleke said.
AIG Adeleke also urged his men to be more professional and civil while dealing with members of the public.
He also advised them against letting another #EndSARS protest erupt, as it may lead to the end of the Nigerian police.
“Another EndSARS may lead to the end of the police,” he added.
