The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba has cautioned against the assault on police officers across the country.
According to him, the police force would no longer tolerate attacks on officers in the line of duty.
Baba made this statement in response to the recent videos showing police officers on duty having squabbles with citizens that surfaced on the internet.
The inspector-general of police said the trend is illegal and an affront to the rule of law.
“The IGP emphasized that attacks on police officers, who are uniformed agents of the state, is both illegal and an affront on the rule of law,” he said on Monday in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesperson.
“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.
“Consequently, the IGP has directed all police commands and formations to ensure that individuals who engage in the 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 while reiterating the commitment of the force to ensuring the 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 to advance their sacred mandate of serving and protecting the citizens better and maintenance of law and order.”
“The inspector-general of police while reiterating the commitment of the force to ensuring the 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 to advance their sacred mandate of serving and protecting the citizens better and maintenance of law and order.”
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