IG reverses name of police complaint response unit | Nairalaw

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has
ordered the reversal of the name “Public Complaint Rapid Response
Unit to Complaint Response Unit.

The former I-G, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on November 2016, changed the
name from CRU to PCRRU after five months of assumption of
office.

A statement issued by the Head of the unit, Mr Abayomi Shogunle,
an Assistant Commissioner of Police, on Friday in Abuja, said the
decision was based on a recommendation by him.

Shogunle explained that the decision also followed some
feedbacks from the public and stakeholders working with the unit on
police accountability in the country.

The CRU established in November 2015, is a unit in the force
saddled with the responsibility of receiving and resolving all
complaints about professional misconducts emanating from policing
activities and operations nationwide.

He said that members of the public could reach the CRU on 24
hours basis daily via the following channels: 0805 700 0001 and
0805 700 0002 (for phone calls).

Others are 0805 700 0003 (for SMS and WhatsApp only), BBM:
58A2B5DE; Twitter: @PoliceNG_CRU;
Facebook: @PoliceNgCRU and Email:
complaint@npf.gov.ng or
npfcomplaint@gmail.com

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Police Boss Renames Complaint Response Unit

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Mohammed Adamu, NPM,
mni, has approved and ordered with immediate effect the reversal of
the name of this Unit from “Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit
(PCRRU)” back to its founding name – Complaint Response Unit
(CRU).

This decision was taken as a result of the recommendation made
by the pioneer Head of the Unit, ACP Abayomi Shogunle, following
feedback from the public and stakeholders working with the Unit on
police accountability in Nigeria.

The CRU is an internal police oversight Unit of the Nigeria
Police Force, the Unit was established in November 2015 and tasked
to run a community-oriented complaint management system through
which citizens’ complaint against police officers are addressed in
real time. The motto of the Unit is “No To Impunity”.

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