The President of the Eagle Crime Awareness and Prevention Initiative (ECAPI), Mr Samuel Eniola, has urged Nigerians to report police officers who demand money for bail, emphasising that bail is free.
Eniola gave the advice during a road walk and public sensitisation campaign in Lagos on Saturday to mark ECAPI’s 10th anniversary and the 11th anniversary of the Nigeria Police Force Complaint Response Unit (CRU).
The campaign, themed “Say No to Police Impunity; Police Is Your Friend; Bail Is Free,” was organised to promote citizens’ rights, discourage police misconduct and increase public awareness of the CRU.
Eniola also urged Nigerians to report cases of police harassment, brutality and other human rights violations to the CRU, noting that the unit provides a channel for citizens to seek redress over police misconduct.
He said public awareness of the CRU had increased from less than 10 per cent to about 20 per cent through ECAPI’s sustained advocacy and public enlightenment campaigns.
Describing the development as encouraging, the ECAPI president said the organisation would continue its sensitisation efforts to ensure more Nigerians understood the unit’s operations and how to access its services.
He disclosed that the CRU had an office at the Lagos State Police Command where members of the public could lodge complaints.
Eniola called on individuals, organisations and local governments to partner with the unit, stressing that promoting police accountability and rebuilding public trust required collective efforts.
He urged Nigerians to contact the CRU through telephone numbers 08057000001 and 08057000002, SMS on 08057000000 and WhatsApp on 08057000003.
The unit could also be reached through Instagram and X via @PoliceNG_CRU and Facebook through PoliceNgCRU, he said.
It would be recalled that on July 20, 2026, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olatunji Disu, approved a formal collaboration between ECAPI and the CRU to strengthen community policing, promote public awareness and improve police accountability.
Also speaking, ECAPI’s National Administrative Director, Amb. (Det.) Reagan Onuoha, said the event was organised to appreciate the contributions of the organisation’s founder, Eniola, and celebrate the longstanding partnership between ECAPI and the police unit.
Onuoha said the collaboration was designed to strengthen public awareness, promote citizens’ rights and support efforts to reduce crime and criminality across the country.
He said the partnership had significantly improved public knowledge of the CRU and its activities through sustained advocacy campaigns.
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“Before ECAPI collaborated with the CRU, I am not sure many Nigerians knew about the unit as they do today. The CRU has come into the limelight because ECAPI has also taken up the advocacy,” he said.
Onuoha added that ECAPI members had embarked on several advocacy campaigns, including visits to communities across Lagos to educate residents on their rights and the role of the CRU.
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