The Police Service Commission (PSC) is set to withdraw about 130,000 police officers attached to Very Important Personalities (VIPs) and other unauthorised persons.
This is coming following a directive by president Muhammadu Buhari that the police personnel attached to the unauthorised persons and VIPs in the country be withdrawn and deployed to confront the security challenges.
“The PSC, in collaboration with the Inspector General Police, has concluded arrangements to deploy a high level monitoring team to the nation’s airports, highways and other public places to enforce the Presidential directive of immediate withdrawal of policemen from very important personalities, VIP, who are not entitled to their services,” a statement by the commission read.
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari and IGP Arase, during a recent function
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Vanguard quoted Sir Mike Okiro, the chairman of the PSC, to have said: “the monitoring team will have the powers to stop VIPs on the highways, airports and so on, for confirmation of their status and that of the policemen attached to them.”
Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Information PSC, further quotes Okiro thus: “any erring VIP or policeman caught in such unauthorised beat, will be prosecuted. The Commission and the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force will enforce the presidential directive to the latter”, stressing only authorised government officials and VIPs will be entitled to police security hitherto.
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Okiro also emphasised that few privileged Nigerians cannot be enjoying the services of the officers of the force while the majority of the populace, who need them as well, are not getting the services.
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GEJ, Wife, Other VIPs To Lose Excorts As Police Obeys Buhari’s Directive
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