A morally bankrupt police leadership creates serious concerns

The importance of law enforcement in any society cannot be overemphasised. It contributes to how successful an economy is, when citizens can transact in a safe, orderly environment, and perhaps more importantly for an investor-hungry nation like Nigeria; how much confidence investors have to come in and do business.
Like everything else where the quality of leadership determines success or failure, where any security agency is led by morally bankrupt elements, the organisation cannot achieve meaningful gains. If the leader being looked up to cannot offer inspiration to subordinates, then failure is the only probable end result.
It has become imperative to question the value of leadership which relegates morality to the background in the Nigerian Police Force, and callously subjecting to legality, activities which potentially subject female officers to the lustful, unprofessional, and unethical whims of their senior (male) officers.
It is highly repugnant that Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, may consider allegations of sexual misconduct with a subordinate(s), to be baseless on account of “no known law that forbids it.”
In Nigeria, it is common to compare the country with other successful nations when convenient to do so, but this is not only one of such occasions, it is in fact a necessity.
Bill Clinton in 1998, became the second American president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, albeit later saved by the Senate. His ordeal was tied (directly and indirectly in the several twists of events) to sexual misconduct involving Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky. Clinton had said after his trial at the Senate, that he was “profoundly sorry” for the burden his behaviour imposed on Congress and the American people.
It should be emphasised that Monica Lewinsky was an intern whereas the Inspector General of Police is allegedly involved with serving female police officers. We must remind the IG that if the accounts are accurate, these officers are subordinates who should look up to him as a symbol of authority in the police force, and to perhaps, direct complaints if some other person in the NPF made unprofessional overtures at them.
In more recent history, Michael Fallon, the British defence minister, resigned barely two weeks ago in a sexual harassment scandal that has reignited discourse in the UK, over the power parliamentarians wield over their junior aides; notably, the opposite gender.
In the end, this is still Nigeria, and honour is an almost impossible virtue to find. So it is therefore unlikely to expect that an Inspector General of Police, who sees no offence in engaging subordinates in romantic affairs, will ever contemplate honourably taking a bow from what should be a noble profession.
If truly, the Inspector General is trying to play the religious card, this will be even more unfortunate, and unprofessional in attempting any further (possible) division of Nigerians along religious lines. This should not be used by the country’s top law enforcement officer as a tool in his defence toolkit.
We implore the Federal Government to make sacrosanct, the importance of professionalism in the public service, one where superiors will not be able to take advantage of subordinates to achieve their lustful desires.
A professional public service in every ramification is desired, if Nigeria hopes to make any meaningful gains in turning the economy around.