In only 100 days the new chief of police in Nigeria Mike Okiro has changed many things which also has resulted in many deaths. There has been 785 suspected armed robbers killed by the police force in the past three months. This has caused a large negative response from the public asking why they must kill instead of just arresting them. Okiro responded by stating that another 1600 suspected armed robbers where also arrested and charged during this time.
He is trying to crackdown on the crime in north-eastern Nigeria. However during this raid there has also been 62 police officers who have been killed while dealing with the armed robbers. Okiro has also fired 28 police officers who were seen taking bribes from locals on off roads. He has asked for $26 million from the state to fund the police to help fight the on going crime.
Even though Okiro is being look down upon by many of the Nigerian citizens for large amount of deaths I feel he is on the right path. He is trying to rid the community from its corrupt ways and get it to a safer state. The loss of killers and people coming harmful crimes in the state should not be looked down upon. Although killing them off isn't the best choice I'm sure many of those instances dealt with defending themselves or other people from being harmed otherwise they wouldn't have only arrested 1600 they would have killed all of them too. He is doing his best to clean up the state so they should be happy with what he has done so far.
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