Abubakar made the plea while addressing a cross section of residents at the conference hall of the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan.
While admitting that the police had some bad eggs, he urged residents to report such corrupt officers using his direct telephone numbers and email addresses which he made public.
Abubakar, who warned that officers caught in acts of corruption would be charged to court, said the era of harassing and molesting innocent people was over.
"Using the police to settle land matters must end. Henceforth, officers should not attend to such and they should let complainants go to court," he said.
He, however, said officers would now be well kitted while vehicles would be bought for effective operations.
Top serving and retired police officers, leaders of religious organisations and members of the business community were in attendance.
IGP drafts officers to watch over Lagos bridges
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the deployment of mobile police officers to watch over the underneath of bridges in Apapa, Lagos, where illegal occupants were recently evacuated.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Joseph Jaiyeoba said the order was part of security measures put in place in the state.
The PPRO said the IGP gave the order on Tuesday while inspecting some parts of Lagos, as part of his official tour.
Illegal occupants under the Apapa-Ijora bridges were recently evacuated, while all structures were demolished by the Lagos State Government.
The police spokesman said Abubakar was impressed by the evacuation of the illegal occupants, stressing that such efforts would assist the police to check the activities of hoodlums.
The IGP said the Mobile Police teams would remain there until further notice, when they are sure that the bridges were safe,`` Jaiyeoba said.
He said the IG also directed the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Umar Manko, to ensure that miscreants did not return to the bridges, while regular reports should be submitted to him.
IGP was in Lagos on Tuesday where he met with stakeholders, traditional rulers, journalists and police personnel.
Police arrest 13 Nigeriens in Kano
The police in Kano have arrested 13 Nationals of Niger Republic for allegedly entering the country without valid entry documents.
The State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Thursday.
He said the suspects were arrested on May 8 during a raid along Beirut road in Kano metropolis.
``The raid was carried out at about 9.30 p.m. to check criminal activities within the area.
``Upon interrogation, the suspects were discovered to have come from Niger Republic without valid entry documents and they do not have any means of livelihood or housing.’’
He said all the 13 persons had since been transferred to the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Kano Command, for further necessary action.
Idris also said the command had within the last two weeks, arrested five persons for allegedly raping minors and would soon be charged to court.
Similarly, he said, the command had during the period arrested six persons in possession of fake foreign currency amounting to 7,900 U.S. dollars.
He said the command had recorded seven cases of armed robbery, theft of motor vehicles and car snatching in addition to intercepting two trucks loaded with crude oil.
The commissioner also disclosed that the Explosives Ordinance Department of the command had defused over 600 cans and 20 medium drums of Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs) in different parts of Kano metropolis.
He commended the people of the state for the support and cooperation they had been giving to the command and urged them to maintain it.
FCT Police command gets new PRO
Mustapha Rashidi (DSP) has been named the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the FCT Police Command.
Rashidi, who assumed duty in Abuja on Thursday, took over from Mr Jimoh Moshood (SP).
Until this appointment, the new spokesman was the Divisional Traffic Officer (DTO) at the Utako District Police Division in the FCT.
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