Joseph Mbu, assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, has
said the threat he issued to kill 10 people for every policeman killed was only
made in order to instil fear in the people. Here is what he told journalists
shortly after the elections;
“Generally, people are becoming more and more mature,
sensitive and reasonable. And anyway, the statement I made, which generated a
lot of (controversy); people misconstrued it all over, but that also helped the
police because people say, ‘this man has come o and whatever he says, he means
it’, and that also instilled fear in them.
“Go
and check all the places where I have served, how many people have died? We
don’t kill that way. But you have to instil fear so that people will have more
respect for the police.
“You know how police were perceived those days, but now
police give orders and people say police cannot do anything. But with those few
words (I said), people are now scared and say, ‘if you misbehave, police are
going to react’.
“Now we have succeeded as far
as I am concerned,” he said.
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