Withdrawal of Policemen from persons not entitled to is being enforced by the Police service commission. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier directed the withdrawal of policemen from VIPs that are not entitled to police services.

Ms Comfort Obi is the Commissioner in charge of Media at the commission, and she told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the commission was ensuring that the directive was enforced to the latter.

“The PSC and the current IGP are making efforts to ensure that the directive was complied with. “I think there is a considerable level of compliance, it is not a day’s job, it is a gradual process.

“If both the PSC and the Force headquarters continue with the way they are doing, there will be an appreciable level of compliance,” she said .

She said in the face of the current security challenges, the country could not afford to allow its personnel engage in non police duty.

Obi lamented that policemen were no longer performing their constitutional duty of protecting lives and property.

“Police are no longer performing their police duty. You will see policemen at the airport carrying people’s luggages , newspapers and hand bags.

“Policemen are not employed to go and carry people’s luggages but to protect Nigerians.

She said that some of these policemen were illegally engaged by people who felt they have money.

The commissioner said that any police officer who was not happy with the directive should resign and go and work for the people they preferred to work with.

Obi said, “If they are not happy with the order, they are free to leave the service and get employed by the big men.

“I think some of them would be happy because they are being treated condescendingly.

“Many of them that have spoken to me are very happy with the order because they are shabbily treated.”

She said that police security had been abused over time.

Ms Obi added that the IGP, who is in charge of operational aspect of the police, was serious about the directive, and would do everything within their power to see to it enforcement.




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I see no reason why this will become a difficult job. Come up with the updated list of those with the constitunal right of having police by their side, send the list to all police headquarters followed with the punishment as to the failure to comply with the directive.

Always looking for stupid excuses.

Let's see how far they will go with the enforcement.
When ex militants and nurtw members go around with fully armed mobile policemen everywhere one is left butto weep for the NPF.
Nigeria Police have been reduced to a bodyguard outfit for money bags leaving the people at the mercy of God. December is coming when the demand for police men by money bags is highest let's see and use this season to test how efficiently the directive was effected.

Totally implementing this will be a good one for job creation. In a stable democracy, security outfits, body builders, bouncers are employed to do what Nigerian police are doing.

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