Crime
How politicians converted police trackers for personal use – Rtd. police officer
A retired senior police officer has alleged that the real-time tracking technological platform that once helped the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, to crack many criminal cases ended up being used for ‘unofficial duties’ by politicians.
The officer said this while responding to Vanguard’s question on what went wrong with the system put in place to monitor the locations of kidnappers and interception of calls for prompt arrest and rescue of abducted victims
Recall that the police launched intelligence-led policing in 2015 with the installation of a tracking device.
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According to report, the retired officer said: “Solomon Arase set up the platform when he was the IGP. It was a technical platform to track calls. It was mounted in the IGP’s office then and only one officer, who is now an AIG, had access to the technical platform
Instead of the platform being used for crime prevention, it became political. People in the National Assembly & Villa got hold of the platform and used it to track their enemies & mistresses
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