#EndSARS: Why police ‘reform’ is a ruse - Punch Newspapers

protest anniversary took place last week amidst the Federal Government’s curious claim of huge relief and success in its response to the demands of the protesters almost in full. Some media reports even referred to the event as a “memorial”, as if it has been consigned to the dustbin of history already. What took place last week was in fact the anniversary of the awakening of the Nigerian youth from a slumber. It was their own “o to gee” moment.

Other grievances focusing on police reform – psychiatry evaluation, special training, better salary package, etc – are still being pushed through one way or another. This column’s contention is that this is merely window dressing, and a ruse. The Nigerian Police as presently constituted cannot, repeat, cannot be reformed. It is Cloud Cuckoo Land to think otherwise.

What is even worse than the above is that Nigerians live in a society managed and controlled by plutocrats with a penchant for violence. Both political and economic resources are kept in the hands of the few, at the expense of the many. Political offices in Nigeria are increasingly in the palsied grip of a select elite, who trudge the corridors of power in perpetuity.

In respect of the economy, the largest economy in Africa is indeed an exclusive club for the mega-rich. Based on figures from Forbes, the combined wealth of six individuals – Aliko Dangote $12.1bn; Mike Adenuga, $7.7bn; Femi Otedola, $5.9bn; Abdul Samad Rabiu, $3.7bn; Orji Uzor Kalu, $3.2bn; and Folorunsho Alakija, $1.9bn – is more than the entire 2022 Nigerian National Budget of N13.588 trillion . In addition, the tax bribes for multinational companies in Nigeria run up to $3bn annually.

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