The Inspector-General of Police , Hafiz Ringim, said on Monday that he did not call for the scrapping of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
I never called for the scrapping of the Corps, the Police Force never did that too, Ringim told Newsmen .
Our position is that, the job of the Nigerian Police Force as contained in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution is very clearly stated that there shall be one police force for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Ringim, who described the allegation as journalistic mischief, however, called for a revisit of the Act establishing the Corps.
The I-G said when put side by side one is certainly trying to override the other and the constitution in this regard should be supreme.
The government will do well to look at the provisions of the Constitution that established the Nigerian Police Force as well as the National Assembly Act that established the NSCDC.
The inspector general, who also spoke on current decay in the police, said the situation called for urgent rejuvenation.
He said with the implementation of the current reform programme, the serious and disturbing security challenges currently facing the country would become a thing of the past.
The government is determined, having realised that there is no other option than to strengthen and empower the police and we have since commenced the reform programme, the I-G said.
Ringim noted that there were emerging security challenges globally and that Nigeria was not the only country facing such challenges.
He, however, solicited the support of the public in addressing those challenges.
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