Kidnapped Journalists: Nigeria Police Bemoan Lack Of Equipment

Though the four Nigerian journalists who were kidnapped alongside their driver had been released after a seven day rescue effort, the Nigerian Police through their spokesperson, Mr Emmauel  Chukwu has disclosed that the police force lacks sophisticated equipment to track down suspected kidnappers...He made this disclosure on Tuesday 20 July in a Radio Nigeria network programme, Police Diary.
"Investigating a case or arresting criminals is not by  magicThese days the issue of kidnapping is technological-based. They use phones. So we need to have a means of identifying where they are and getting them arrested  So we 've been calling for that. Nigeria Police hasn't got that. And we ve been asking give us equipment to enable us operate."
Asked why are these euipment used in some cases, Mr Chukwu said: "In some we have to hire this technology.We don;t have it There are groups that have these technology. But we hired our own to enable usus get this thing done. Some other groups also came to assist in this operation, and they were also using that technology."
When asked again whether the tracking device is so difficult to acquire, given the fact that issue of kidnapping has ben on for a very long time, the Nigeran Police spokesman betrayed the helplessness of the police force. "You see, it is not made in Nigeria The Police dose'nt buy all the equipment it needs. You know the level of technology we have in this country, the funding of the Police. The Police works with the equipment given to her by the Nigerian people. We are your servants and we are asking you we want to serve you in a better way than before. This is our shopping list. If I want to make a good soup for you. master, I need this, I need that to make good Okra soup for you. Give me small money and I will make small soup for you."
Mr Chukwu also denied knowledge of the complicity of the Nigerian Police inthe kidnap saga, though he agreed that there are criminals in the police.
.I have not heard of any insinuation of police complicity in this particular incident we are talking about. There are criminal elements in the Nigeria Police force. That is without doubt. People say in the Bible that out of every 12 you have a Judas. We are 370.000 strong. There is no way you will not have somebody who is a bad element. We get them and we removed them pronto! We don't waste time with bad elememt in the Nigerian Police," he said.