Crime now huge industry in Nigeria, says police chief

Kwara state police Commissioner Kayode Egbetokun Tuesday said that crime has become a huge industry in Nigeria.

Mr. Egbetokun added that the industry is tempting and employing the unemployed in many states of the federation.

He spoke this in Ilorin, Kwara state capital at the inauguration of the state community policing advisory committee.

He challenged stakeholders to help tame the ugly development, saying that crime and criminals had their roots in different communities.

The police chief said that “crime has become a huge industry accepting all comers, attracting the greedy and absorbing the get-rich-quick, while constantly tempting and most of the time employing the unemployed in our population.

“The crime industry is getting bigger and more sophisticated by the day. Unfortunately, its only products are criminals terrorizing and causing insecurity in our communities. The irony, however, is that crimes and their products (criminals) have their roots back in the communities. Simply put, the communities are the primary producers of the bad products which we now dread so much.”