When Will This Corrupt IGP Step Down?” Sowore Fires Hard At Egbetokun

Former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has raised concerns over the declining public trust in the Nigerian Police Force.

He questioned why Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun remains in office, describing his leadership as a widespread failure.

On Wednesday, via his account, Sowore criticized the IGP for poor leadership, saying that morale within the force has collapsed and professionalism has been replaced by decay, illegality, and impunity at the highest levels.

He wrote:
“When will this retired, tired, incompetent, corrupt, and illegal Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, finally be shown the way out of the Police Headquarters? Morale within the force has collapsed under his watch. He has reduced the institution to a trivialized caricature, running the Nigeria Police Force completely into the ground. The damage is evident not only in the growing loss of public trust but also in the frustration of officers who see the little professionalism left replaced by decay, illegality, and impunity at the top. How could the Nigerian Police Force deny the obvious church abductions in Kajuru, Kaduna, for close to a week?”

The statement comes after bandits attacked two churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Sunday, abducting an unspecified number of worshippers.

Despite this, the Kaduna State Government and the Kaduna State Police Command initially denied reports that over 100 worshippers were kidnapped, describing the claims as false and misleading.