The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered that all police patrol vehicles must obey traffic rules and regulations.
The Nigeria Police Force aims to strengthen the effectiveness of the leading internal security agency in the country to ensure the adequate protection of the lives and properties of citizens.
The directive was given by the Acting IGP during a strategic meeting with Squadron Commanders of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) and Special Protection Unit (SPU) at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The Acting IGP emphasized that the protection of lives, properties, and the maintenance of law and order are the primary duties of the police. In light of the current security challenges, a lot of strategies have been emplaced by the Police hierarchy to stem the rise in the ugly trend in Nigeria.
He also hinted that a special intervention squad comprising 40,000 officers had been established by the new Police administration to address these emerging threats to national security.
The Police helmsman also stated that the team members’ll be deployed to every state of the Federation adding that they will be combat-ready at all times.
He charged all the Squadron leaders and commanders who he described as the tactical team of the Police Force to identify and forward the particulars of all capable persons in their formations for enlistment into the committee.
According to him: “they should be able to tackle banditry, insurgency, kidnapping and other security threats affecting the nation.
“A special committee headed by the DIG Operations had been set up to this effect. The committee should send its report in two weeks”.
The newly appointed Acting IGP who had previously held a similar strategic meeting with Strategic Police Managers comprising of Deputy Inspectors-Generals (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General (AiGs), and Commissioners of Police (CPs) also said that the Police officers must strictly adhere to the code of conduct of the Police.
He charged the Police officers and men to conduct themselves in a manner that’ll command them respect from the public and added that security of the lives and properties of citizens must be safeguarded.
Earlier in the formal unveiling of the agenda of the meeting, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi had said that Squadron Commanders and senior officers of the Special Protection Unit were the tactical squad or team of the Police Force.
