The Promotion Scandal Boiling Inside the Nigeria Police Force
The real crisis rocking the Nigeria Police Force today lies in the deliberate elevation of the wrong people by the illegal Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to senior positions. His most controversial move yet was the secret promotion of ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, and his paramour, Bukola Kuti, to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP), respectively. But here’s the twist: they can’t even publicly announce the promotions.
The promotion, buried in silence, has become a ticking bomb.
Within the force, discontent is simmering. Police Officers junior and senior are boiling with anger and frustration. The rot is too glaring, the favoritism, cronyism, nepotism, and tribalism too brazen. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, well-known for his political posturing and public theatrics, now reportedly wants the IGP to formally “decorate” him with his new rank. But even that symbolic ceremony has been delayed because they fear public backlash.
Now, in a desperate attempt to chill the outrage and shift public attention, they are scrambling for distractions. One of their latest schemes was to invite me, Omoyele Sowore, under the guise of a fresh investigation about “forgery and Inciting Disturbance,” hoping it would lend them legitimacy or buy them time and force me into silence. They are wrong, it won’t work.
The truth has already slipped through the cracks. The police promotions were not based on merit, service, gallantry, or integrity. They were built on political alliances, bedroom loyalty, and a hunger for control, which is bound to further destroy the Nigerian police force. The storm inside the police force is just beginning.
#PoliceProtestThe real crisis rocking the Nigeria Police Force today lies in the deliberate elevation of the wrong people by the illegal Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to senior positions. His most controversial move yet was the secret promotion of ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, and his paramour, Bukola Kuti, to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP), respectively. But here’s the twist: they can’t even publicly announce the promotions.
The promotion, buried in silence, has become a ticking bomb.
Within the force, discontent is simmering. Police Officers junior and senior are boiling with anger and frustration. The rot is too glaring, the favoritism, cronyism, nepotism, and tribalism too brazen. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, well-known for his political posturing and public theatrics, now reportedly wants the IGP to formally “decorate” him with his new rank. But even that symbolic ceremony has been delayed because they fear public backlash.
Now, in a desperate attempt to chill the outrage and shift public attention, they are scrambling for distractions. One of their latest schemes was to invite me, Omoyele Sowore, under the guise of a fresh investigation about “forgery and Inciting Disturbance,” hoping it would lend them legitimacy or buy them time and force me into silence. They are wrong, it won’t work.
The truth has already slipped through the cracks. The police promotions were not based on merit, service, gallantry, or integrity. They were built on political alliances, bedroom loyalty, and a hunger for control, which is bound to further destroy the Nigerian police force. The storm inside the police force is just beginning.