130,000 Policemen Withdrawn from VIPs to tackle Security Challenges


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Force Headquarters, in conjunction with the Police Service Commission, PSC, is set to commence the implementation of the withdrawal of about 130,000 Police personnel attached to some VIPs in the country as directed by President Buhari so that they can be deployed to places faced with high security challenges in the country .

Consequently, “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”.
According to Vanguard, the Chairman of PSC, Sir Mike Okiro, confirmed this in Abuja yesterday, by saying: “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.”

A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Information PSC, quotes Okiro as warning that “any erring VIP or policeman caught in such unauthorised beat, will be prosecuted.”
The PSC Chairman insisted that “the Commission and the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force will enforce the presidential directive to the letter, stressing that henceforth only authorised government officials and VIPs will be entitled to police security.
Continuing, Okiro noted Nigeria Police will now be “structured to do its primary duties.”

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