Police academy dismisses pregnant cadet, others over indiscipline

Etim Ekpimah

Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State has dismissed a pregnant cadet and 25 others for flouting the code of conduct and academic deficiency.

Commandant of the academy, Assistant Inspector General of Police, (AIG) Ibrahim Zanna, said this during the matriculation of the 7th regular cadets’ course at the academy.

Zana decried cases of indiscipline among the cadets, noting that the academy has been tolerating bad behaviours like theft, lawlessness, examination malpractices, and more.

According to him, management will introduce regular testing for drugs and pregnancy among trainees to ensure that they are fit, both mentally and physically. He added that anyone, who tests positive will be dismissed from the academy.

He said: “When we came on board, the level of indiscipline is better imagined. But by the grace of God and collective efforts, we have been able to checkmate the cadets. We have introduced six colour codes for easy identification of cadets in cases of discipline.”

He stated that the institution, which is the second police academy in Africa, will not compromise in producing professional officers that will provide strong engagement with the community.

“All along, it has always been business as usual, where you find cadets graduating from the academy, whether they pass or fail. This time around, we say no to that practice. We have returned and retard graduated cadets from course one and two who did not pass but graduated. “We want to make it clear on the wall that you cannot misbehave and go away with it. In fact, some of them are presently facing litigation,” he said.