Before Offa Robbery sinks into Politics (ThisDay)

The handling of the ongoing investigations of the Offa robbery, which is being linked to Senate President Bukola Saraki, is not only beginning to erode the confidence of the people in the ability of the Nigeria Police to be as professional as possible. It is beginning to give fillip to a more fundamental issue – which raises fears about the capacity of the police to be ‘proficiently sincere’ in the handling of any case especially, one in which their leadership supposedly has interest. Perhaps, by any training peculiar to them, the police have a reputation for being dishonest and manipulative. Whilst this is believed to have become entrenched even in their mode of operations, it has also become a familiar joke amongst Nigerians, who often joke about how the police skillfully turn the complainant to the accused, depending on who is involved or who is able to ‘reach out’ first to them. Read more