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| Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun at Meeting with Strategic Police Managers today, 8 August, 2023 |
This strong warning is made clear again so that evil-doers, criminals, and agents of destruction in Nigeria will know that their offences against the State, its agencies, and its people will not go unpunished.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun has emphatically declared that, henceforth the Nigeria Police Force under his watch will not condone deliberate and unprovoked harassment, attacks, and unwarranted killings of Police Officers who have dedicated themselves to securing lives and property of all Nigerians.
IGP Egbetokun said this today, 8th August, 2023 at the August meeting of Strategic Police Managers which is a monthly forum for Police strategic communication, that coincides with the 50th day of his appointment as the Acting Inspector General of Police.
SpyeTV News reports that the meeting is convened to review the current state of the nation’s internal security, highlight some of NPF achievements, and to enliven policing strategies towards achieving the core symbols of new policing mantra – Service, Integrity and Excellence.
Egbetokun stressed that, every attack or killing of Police personnel henceforth will be met with a commensurate and lawful force as an attack on a public officer in the line of duty is tantamount to an attack on the state. "Enough is Enough. This strong warning is made clear again so that evil-doers, criminals, and agents of destruction in Nigeria will know that their offences against the State, its agencies, and its people will not go unpunished.
He made it clear in his remarks that we will not leave any stone unturned in our efforts to continually suppress and decimate criminality and heinous activities of non-state actors who cause pains, and sorrows in any part of the country.
He noted that the Nigeria Police Force under his leadership will operate under the following ideals which briefly embody my mission and vision statements - to have a professionally competent, service-driven, rule of law compliant, and people-friendly Police Force that will support the agenda of government for economic recovery and growth as well as socio-political development of Nigeria, and to evolve into a Police Force that is well positioned to respond appropriately and adequately to the dynamics of crimes and criminality in our contemporary society.