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The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports alleging that it compelled personnel across the country to purchase a handbook titled “Attitudinal Change Handbook for the Nigeria Police Force” for N2,000 per officer.
An online report had claimed that the Force Headquarters issued a directive making the book’s purchase compulsory, with a Thursday deadline reportedly set for payment.
Benjamin Hundeyin, Force Public Relations Officer, described the viral report as “misleading,” insisting that no officer was compelled to buy the book.
The Force clarified that the correspondence from the Force Headquarters to all state commands explicitly emphasised that the purchase was optional.
“The directive from the Force Headquarters to the commissioners of police, telling them that the book should be sold to interested police officers and that it should be voluntary.
“I have conducted my findings, and no command has forced the book on any officer. I don’t know where that report came from. Maybe one officer somewhere made it compulsory, and that should be reported to us, not to the media.
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“The real power to discipline such an officer lies with the Police Service Commission. So, anyone who has such information should bring it forward”, he said.
Hundeyin urged the public and media outlets to verify such claims before publication, stressing that the Force remains committed to transparency and ethical reform initiatives.
