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The Federal Government yesterday warned that it would no longer accept any excuse by the police over its inability to deal decisively with the Boko Haram Islamic's incessant bombings which have led to the killing of about 2,000 innocent citizens in the country.

Vice President Namadi Sambo made this known while inaugurating the Presidential Committee on Police Re-Organisation in Abuja.

"Government will no longer tolerate indolence and lack of capacity as excuses for non performance," Sambo warned, lamenting the current state of the Nigeria Police Force and the loss of confidence by the Nigerian public on the Force.

He then asked the police high command to rise up to the challenges by familiarising itself with the new tactics of Boko Haram, as government would ensure that the problems of terrorism was a thing of the past in the country.

According to Sambo, the police must brace up to the "ever increasing tactics and antics of criminals in our society," as "a time has come when the whole Force should be re-examined and re-organised for efficiency and effectiveness."

On the re-organisation committee, Sambo said it was set up to "primarily address the rot in the police and reposition it to face the challenges of democratic society through the timely prevention and detection of crimes in all its ramifications."

He also asked the members of the committee to bring their experiences to bear as they set out to discharge their onerous assignment for the nation.

Responding the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Parry Osayande, lamented that there was no time in the nation's history that the Nigeria Police Force had suffered the kind of indignity as was currently being witnessed.

Osayande, who is also the chairman, Police Service Commission, maintained that recent events in the country had shown that the police had failed woefully in discharging its duties. He however,  pledged that the members would discharge their responsibilities diligently with a view to restoring the lost glory of the Nigeria Police.

He also promised that they would re-position the police to become an efficient, polite and a civil outfit that would sustain and meet the challenges of a democratic society.

Other members of the committee include two retired Assistant Inspector Generals of Police,   Casmir  Akagbosu and Bashir  Albasu respectively, Maj. Gen. S N. Chikwe rtd, Prof. S. D. Mukoro, Dr. Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, Hajiya Aisha Larai Tukur, Alhaji Abdullahi Yola and  Esther G. Garba who would serve as secretary to the committee.