Police Assault: Respect our Cops, IGP Baba to citizens
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has strongly condemned the recent trend of assault on Police Officers and men in uniform, carrying out official and lawful duties in various locations across the nation.
The IGP emphasised that attacks on Police Officers, who are uniformed agents of the state, is both illegal and an affront on the rule of law.
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Periscope Nigeria reports that there have deliberate attempts by some motorists to assault police officers on duty.
The IGP warned that attacks on police officers and men in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise, as the Force holds the lives of its personnel sacrosanct.
According to a press statement signed by the force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Babalamented the bizarre way officers were treated.
The statement partly read, “Consequently, the IGP has directed all Police Commands and Formations to ensure that individuals who engage in assault on police officers, irrespective of preceding factors, are made to face the full wrath of the law via swift prosecution in courts of competent jurisdiction.”
The Inspector General of Police who condemned attacks on his men warrned that such acts would not be accepted.
“The Inspector-General of Police while reiterating the commitment of the Force to ensuring protection of lives and property, stressed the importance of according respect to the fundamental rights of Police officers and other security operatives, in order to enable them advance their sacred mandate of serving and protecting the citizens better and maintenance of law and order,” the statement added.
