Public Presentation of the Results of the Police Station Visitors’ Week, 2010

Report of Results in

Nigeria

Summary

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. It has 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the West, Chad and Cameroon in the East and Niger in the North.

Presention of Altus Award (3rd Best Police Station in Nigeria) to
Badagry Police Station DCO Lagos State,
by Innocent Chukwuma, ED Cleen Fundation  

Nigeria has only one formal police organization recognized by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1990, the Nigeria Police Force.  A total of 135 (one hundred and thirty-five) police stations participated in the 2010 Altus police station visitors’ week. All the police stations that participated were drawn from Akwa Ibom, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Imo, Lagos, Oyo and Rivers States. The visits were organized by CLEEN Foundation in collaboration with other civil society organizations such as the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), the Project Alert on Violence Against Women, Women’s Rights Advancement and Protections (WRAPA), Transition Monitoring Group, Community Policing Partnership Forum, Abak, government agencies such as the Ministry of Police Affairs and the National Human Rights Commission

LR:Kemi Okenyodo, Altus Regional Rep,
DPO, Seme Police Station, Innocent Chukwuma, CLEEN Foundation,
DPO, Bodija Housing Police Station, DCO Badagry 

Four hundred and thirty-five (436) citizens of Nigeria participated in the exercise from different age groups, states, educational social status and professional backgrounds were involved in the visits.

Which police stations participated?

One hundred and thirty-five (135) police stations participated in the exercise. They are as follows:

	Nigeria:  Akwa Ibom State Police Command
	A division	Abak	B division
	C division	D division	Eket
	Esien udim	Etim ekpo	Etinaman
	Ibesikpo asut	Ibiomo ibiom	Itu
	Nsit ata	Nsit nbium	Oruk anan
	Ukunafun	Urunam	Okobo
	Onna
	Federal capital territory police command
	Abaji	Central	Kwali
	Butse alahji	Gariki	Maitama
	Gwagwa	Karimu	Nyanya
	Karishe	Karu	Wuye
	Kubuwa	Kuje	Asokoro
	Lugbe	National Assembly	Wuse
	Zuba	Gwagwalada	Life camp
	Gwarimpa
	Imo State Police Command
	Aboh mbaise	Aluazu	Oguta
	Ehine mbano	Iho	Orlu
	Isiala mbano	Mbaitoli	Orlu west
	New owerri	Ugor okpala	Owerri west
	Njaba	Obowo	Ohaji
	Orlu East	Owerri East	Owerri Urban
	Shell lamp
	Lagos State Police Command
	Adeniji adele	Akinpelu	Denton
	Alapere	Alausa	Ebute-ero division
	Anthony	Apapa	Festac
	Apata	Badagry	Idimu
	Bariga	Bode thomas	Ikeja
	Dolphin	Ikotun	Itire
	Ejigbo	Ilasa maja	Layeni
	Gowon estate	Ijora bariga	Ikoyi
	Ijeshatedo	Iponri	Ilupeju
	Itire	Ojo	Ipaja
	Layeni	Okokomaiko	Isheri
	Makinde	Pen-cinema	Ketu
	Maroko	Satellite	Ikoyi
	Mushin	Surulere	Ilupeju
	Ketu	Trinity	Sabo
	Lion building	Ogudu	Seme
	Man centre	Ojodu	Tolu
	Mosafejo	Onikan	Victoria
	OYO STATE POLICE COMMAND
	Agodi gate	Oguda	Iyana offa
	Ogugu	Akobo	Mokola
	Bodija	Dugbe	Ojoo
	Gbagi	Housing bodija	Testing ground
	Idiaro	Idi-ogun	Iyana offa
	Idi-ogungun	Iyaganku	Mokola
	Ogbere	Mapo	Sars
	Yemetu
	RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND
	Diobu	Mini Okoro	Borokiri
	Rumukpakwu	Special area	Oyibo

                                                                

Presention of Altus Award (2nd Best Police Station in Nigeria)
to Housing Bodija Police Station DPO, Oyo State by Innocent Chukwuma, ED Cleen Fundation 

Pretension of Altus Award (1st Best Police Station in Nigeria)

to Sene Police Station DPO, Lagos State by Innocent Chukwuma, ED Cleen Fundation

Who were the visitors?

In Nigeria, the visits were conducted in Imo, Oyo, Lagos Akwa Ibom and the FCT. A total of 436 visitors participated in the exercise. Below is a breakdown of the demographics of the visitors are as follows:

Which police station scored the highest?

Among the one hundred and thirty-three police station visited in Nigeria, these three police stations scored highest base on the assessment carried by the visitors.

1.     Seme police station 96.0% (Lagos)

2.      Bodija 93.7% (Oyo) and

3.     Badagry (Lagos) 92.3%

All the scores in each indicator areas were collated together in their different categories to form national assessment in order to ascertain the outstanding categories and those lacking. The chart below represents the national assessment of Nigeria.

Each of the five indicator areas was analyzed separately to reveal the performance of few outstanding police stations in these areas. Thus, the charts below are representations of each category.

COMMUNITY ORIENTATION HOUSING BODIJA POLICE STATION

Community orientation, the visitors scored Housing Bodija police station 100.0% to emerge in the first position. Seme police station came second with 98.3% while Badagry came third with 96.7%.

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ILUPEJU POLICE STATION

Physical conditions: the visitors scored Ilupeju police station 98.7% to emerge in the first position. Seme police station came second with 91.7% while Badagry came third with 83.7%.

EQUAL TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SEME POLICE

Equal treatment of public: Seme, Housing Bodija and Badagry police stations scored 100.0% to come first, followed by  Housing Ilupeju in the second place with 81.7% and finally in third place, A Division police (Akwa Ibom) with 75%.

Transparency and accountability: the visitors scored Housing Bodija police station 100.0% to emerge in the first position. Seme police station came second with 96.7% while Badagry came third with 95.0%.

Detention conditions: Seme and Housing Bodija police stations scored 93.3% as the highest in first position, Badagry came second with 86.7% and Ilupeju came third with 78.3.

Overall Scores:  Drawing from the chart above:

 Seme scored 96.0%

 Housing Bodija 93.7% and

Badagry  92.3% .