Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has advised Nigerians to stop complaining about the inadequate personnel in the Nigeria Police.

Arase said this during a meeting which held at the Area Command, in Minna, Niger State, arguing that if it was possible to make every Nigerian a policeman, there would still be crime in the larger society.

The Police Chief who spoke through an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Minna Metropolitan Areas, Kabir Gwarso, also said the stakeholders’ meeting was in line with the recent directive of the IGP.

The IGP had directed that stakeholders’ meetings should be held at the states’ Police Command; Area Commanders’ level and at the level of Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) across the country.

This is in view of the current crime situation all over the country, particularly armed robbery, cattle rustlings, herdsmen and farmers’ clashes, kidnappings among others.

ACP Gwarso added that one of the problems the Police have been facing is that people at the grassroots refuse to give information to them about crimes and criminal activities within their domain.

He promised that if given more information, the Police would work better on it and would achieve greater success in preventing crimes and protecting lives and property in their respective communities.