Tension in police over controversial posting policy
Aggrieved police officers allege that there is a new policy that that promotes outright witch-hunting of officers and open favouritism from a particular section of the country – The controversial posting policy is said to be against the Police Act and rules – Officers have complained that the reversal of postings is counter-productive with regards to fighting the myriad of security challenges confronting the country The decision by the Buhari administration to allegedly revert over 70 per cent of the postings of officers carried out by the last administration of the in defiance to the Police Act and rules is generating tension in the Nigeria Police Force. Vanguard reports that officers have described the new posting policy as an outright witch-hunting of officers and open favouritism from a particular section of the country. The controversial posting policy is said to be against the Police Act and rules which stipulates that such reversals can only be carried out ...