Acting
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the
withdrawal of all approved police escort from private individuals and
corporate bodies across the country.
The affected personnel include those from Special
Protection Unit, the Mobile Police Force and conventional policemen
posted as guards to companies and individuals.
Abubakar also directed that all intra-state and
highway checkpoints which he said constituted nuisance on the roads of
Lagos, Edo and South-Eastern states be dismantled and collapsed and
brought them under the original structures recognised by police
standards.
The acting IGP said in a statement in Abuja on Monday
that the directive was aimed at restoring professionalism, efficiency
and integrity in the performance of all police duties, adding that the
withdrawal would ensure service delivery to the people.
Over 100, 000 policemen were believed to be attached to individuals and corporate organisations as guards.
Abubakar’s predecessors had issued the same
directives on assuming office, but the orders were never obeyed as
policemen remained on guard duty for firms and politicians.
By law, only the President, Vice-President, state
governors, local council chairmen, magistrates and judges were entitled
to police guards.
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