Eniola Ajose
A retired soldier once stormed into my office, demanding that we kill his son, a university student arrested for cultism. His rage was volcanic.
But the next day, he returned with food, asking after his son. When I joked, “So you don’t want us to kill him again?” his eyes revealed the truth: anger is often the flipside of helpless love.
📌 Years later, I met his son again—now educated, married, and changed. Not because he was jailed, but because his father eventually chose support over abandonment.
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💬 Many parents bring their children to us, demanding we “discipline” them:
❌ “Detain him.”
❌ “Torture him.”
As if punishment alone can fix a broken path.
One father even begged us to keep his drug-addicted son in custody for weeks. But cells are not rehabilitation centres. If something went wrong, who would he blame? The police.
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⚠️ The issue isn’t a lack of discipline—it’s a lack of presence. Parents now hand their duties to teachers, police, and social workers, but no institution can replace a parent’s guidance.
📢 If your child commits a crime, come to us—we will help. But don’t surrender your role as a parent.
🔹 We enforce laws, but we cannot replace love.
🔹 We investigate crimes, but we cannot teach values.
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🚨 The police cannot replace your voice.
🚨 Our cells are not classrooms; handcuffs are not parenting tools.
💡 Our parents weren’t perfect, but they owned their role as first teachers. Today’s parents must do the same—not with harshness, but with wisdom and love.
✅ Be present. Listen. Correct. Love.
Story written some days ago
— FCT Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu
