Much commendable as government anti-graft war has been, it overlooks continuous bribery, corruption in Nigerian Police, Immigration Service, by Barrister Ubani

I must start by commending the present Government for initiating the anti graft fight in the real sense of that word, and that despite the noticeable and glaring deficiencies in the war, our collective resolve is that, it must go on till the end.

However, I am not in the least impressed with the fight that has overlooked the continuous bribery and corruption committed daily by the Nigerian Police and Immigration on our roads and airports.

I just came from the Eastern States of the Federation and I must confess that I am totally flabbergasted and alarmed at the brazen impunity displayed by the Nigerian police officers in criminal extortion of motorists and Okada riders on our roads with no word or control by the police authorities.

How can we beat our chest and congratulate ourselves that we are winning the war against corruption when the Nigerian Police officers who are ambassadors of the nation engage in the most despicable conduct of extortion on our roads and at their various stations all over the country?

Same with our Immigration at the Airports and offices and Road Safety Commission at their various offices?

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE NOW MR PRESIDENT. IF THE PRESIDENT AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ARE NOT AWARE, I AM BLOWING THE WHISTLE NOW. THIS HAS TO STOP, IT IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE AND EMBARRASSMENT OF THE HIGHEST PROPORTION!

*This piece was picked by permission from the Facebook Wall of Barrister Monday Onyekachi Ubani, a Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association and human right lawyer.