President of Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, CDHR, Prince Dr. Kehinde Taiga, has congratulated newly appointed inspector general of police, Kayode Egbetokun, and other service chiefs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday.
Their appointment followed the sack of the former inspector general of police, Usman Baba Alkali, and other service chiefs appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari during his days in Ado Rock.
In a congratulatory message made available to Emerald News, Taiga, president of the foremost human rights body in Nigeria, urged Egbetokun to live up to the expectation of Nigerians and deliver his duties conscientiously.
Taiga insisted that the police boss must work to reduce crime rate which includes kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, cultism and other criminal elements in the country.
“We want insecurity to be a thing of the past. It must be reduced in Nigeria and let the country return to its past days of glory where people can travel freely at night without fear of armed robbery and kidnapping,” Mr. Taiga said.
He added: “We believe that all things being equal, IGP Egbetokun will deliver. To whom much is given, much is expected. As it is now, Nigeria is expecting much from all the service chiefs that were appointed on Monday. We call on them to collaborate and work together to make sure they deal with insecurity in Nigeria.
“They are also not from one religion. They are from the two dominant religions in Nigeria. Not like the previous administration where all service chiefs were Muslims. This one they are from both the Christian and Muslim religions.
“The Inspector general of police is a Christian from Ogun state. His appointment is a very excellent one. He is a very nice man. He gives listening ear to people.
We commend the president in the appointment of the service chiefs. He applied the principle of federal character. Everybody is carried along. Both Christians and Muslims. Every geo-political zone has their own representative in the appointment.
They should avoid corruption in the discharge of their duties. They should deliver service to Nigeria and not for personal, religious or region ego. If they do good work, Nigeria will ever remain grateful to them.”
