Police read riot act to officers on illegal duty
and Supply, Mr. Oshodi Agboola Glover, has warned that police
operatives must refrain from acts that could debase the integrity of
the force, such as going on illegal duty to extort innocent Nigerians.
Glover said the police under the Inspector General of Police, Mr.
Ibrahim Idris has zero tolerance for corruption, warning that any
police personnel who deviates from the grand norms of securing the
lives and property of Nigerians by engaging in fraud will be dismissed
from the service.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti on Monday during a one-day official visit to the
Ekiti command, Glover, who is the supervising DIG in charge of the
Southwest, urged policemen to always appear like good ambassadors of
the nation wherever they are deployed to work.
Glover however urged Nigerians not to entertain fears over the 2019
elections, saying his men would be be fair to all parties and conduct
themselves in manner that won't make them appear partisan.
"I want you to always appear like good ambassadors of this nation. Our
brief is to provide adequate security for Nigerians. Don't harass
innocent people. Don't engage in illegal duty.
"Don't use physical force on Nigerians while enforcing order, be civil
in all your dealings. But if you engage in illegalities and you are
caught, you will be fired. With this, not only you will be in problem,
you family will also run into trouble, because some of you are bread
winners.
"The IGP is working tirelessly to improve your welfare in the area of
promotions and housing, so let us support him in this task by
complementing his efforts," he advised.
On the 2019 elections, the DIG said: "police are battle ready for the
polls, we will be fair to all. This is not the first time of doing it.
We did it in 2015 and we shall retain the same feat, no cause for
alarm."
Glover assured that the command will step up efforts to bring down
rampancy of bank robbery in Ekiti, describing the state as the most
political stable and peaceful in the country.
The Police Commissioner, Ekiti state Command, Mr. Bello Ahmed,
expressed regret over the recent attack on Ijero police station during
a bank robbery, causing the death of three policemen, saying this has
not
vitiated the police efforts in taming the kidnappers and robbers in the state.
Ahmed called the attention of the DIG to the frightening dearth of
personnel in Ekiti, describing this as a fundamental challenge to the
command.
"Total population of Ekiti in 1996 when it was created was 2.6 million
and the expected police cover then was 7, 800. Going by this
statistics, 22 years after, it is expected that the population must
have risen to about 3.2 million without corresponding increase in
police strength to serve the populace.
"At present, the command has 3,105 out of which only 2,648 are of
general duty including women police while 46 are specialists.
"Sir, this command shall need addition 4,000 personnel to enable it
deploy men to the 2,195 polling units and other INEC facilities during
the 2019 general elections in Ekiti State," he said.
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