President Jonathan’s visit to Police College was meaningless – House Committee

President Goodluck Jonathan, has been criticized by the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, for visiting the Police College in Ikeja, Lagos. Mr. Usman Kumo, the chairman of the committee, described it as “meaningless” because the president seemed to show he did not know about the state of police formations and barracks in Nigeria.

“He simply displayed that he has not been in touch with what has been happening to the police,” Kumo stated. “Who does not know that all police colleges in Nigeria are in a dilapidated state and uninhabitable?

“Why did he go to Lagos? Was it because a television station aired the poor state of affairs there.

“All police colleges, barracks and formations in Nigeria are dilapidated and uninhabitable.

“What about Gwoza? What about Jos? Are these places better?

“Did he go to Lagos because it is cosmopolitan?

“It is meaningless.”

Kumo also confirmed that the committee, will not investigate the state of affairs in the Police College. However, he said the committee will meet with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday next week to discuss the challenges facing the Force.

“The meeting has nothing to do with the Ikeja visit,” he insisted.

“That is not the aim. It was scheduled already that the IG and members of the committee would meet to discuss on police matters,” he stated.

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