Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria has lambasted his former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Musiliu Smith and the Nigeria Police Force at the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone II maiden biannual special training and capacity building programme at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Chief Obasanjo who was very bitter with the organizers of the training programme where he was a special guest of honour for keeping him waiting for more than 90 minutes before the programme finally commenced spoke in dissatisfaction: “I can see my former IGP Musiliu Smith. Smith is completely out of date to give lecture on police duty. He has experience to share with you, but not on modern way of doing things. I don’t even know how digital Musiliu Smith is.”

Subsequently, Ex-President Obasanjo who was not also pleased with the Nigeria Police Force lamented: “Next time, before you call me, please be ready. There is no substitute for training, security operatives should be in tune with practices of their contemporaries in other parts of the globe. All human institutions need constant appraisal, regeneration, introspection and training. Police must be aware and in touch with new developments in other parts of the globe.”