Abubakar gave the order in Abuja yesterday at a meeting with Assistant Commissioners of Police.
He said: "Any observed non-compliance to these directives and subsequent ones which shall be issued from time to time will attract severe sanctions as his administration will not be frustrated by officer’s non-committal attitude to work not will it tolerate indiscipline, indolence, corruption, inefficiency and all the negative tendencies that have brought to much disgrace to the force.
"Police duties have become commercialized and provided at the whims and caprices of the highest bidder.
"Our men are deployed to rich individuals and corporate entities such that we lack manpower to provide security for the common man, our investigations departments cannot equitably handle matters unless those involved have money to part with.
"Complainants suddenly become suspects at different investigation levels following spurious petitions filed with the connivance of police officers.
"Our police stations, state CID and operation offices have become business centres and collection points for rendering returns from all kinds of squads and teams set up for the benefit of superior officers.
"Our respect is gone and the Nigerian Public has lost even the slightest confidence in the ability of police to do any good thing.
"These attitudes must stop and we must collectively purge the police system of all undesirable elements and criminal tendencies."
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