By Danjuma Lamido
It has come to my attention that Omoyele Sowore, once again, has taken to Facebook to peddle yet another baseless narration, claiming that his so-called “police protest” was the reason many police officers were recently promoted. Nothing could be further from the truth.
For the avoidance of doubt, promotions in the Nigeria Police Force follow a laid-down process guided by rules, regulations, and institutional standards.
It is not an impromptu street drama staged by paid activists seeking foreign funding. Sowore should stop arrogating to himself glory for what he never did, nor could ever do.
Nobody “smuggled in undeserving beneficiaries” into the promotion exercise as Sowore mischievously alleged.
Every officer who earned a new rank did so on merit, in accordance with due process and the professional structures of the Police Service Commission and the Force. The integrity of that system must never be undermined by propaganda designed only to score cheap political points.
Nigeria today is building the Police Force it deserves, disciplined, professional, and increasingly reformed, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun.
It is unfair and insulting for Sowore to attempt to reduce such institutional progress to the noise of an unplanned protest.
Sowore needs to be reminded that protest is not, and has never been, a criterion for police promotion in Nigeria.
Even more importantly, the reckless publication of government documents without approval is not activism, it is a criminal offence.
Nigeria deserves better than false narratives. And the men and women of the Police Force deserve their hard-earned respect, not the dangerous distortions of opportunists.
Danjuma Lamido writes from Yola, Adamawa State. email: danjumalamido2011@gmail.com
