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Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by omooba969(m): 5:20pm On Dec 08, 2025
parags:
That is a lie . Oga una dey cash out with am . Imagine putting out 10k police men for hire and collecting 100k per head per month. That is 1 billion per month . Even if IGP gets just 20k . That is 200 million naira per month . Thats is 2.4 billion per year . So why would any IGP want to stop this kind of cash cow ?


It is INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION if what you described here happens to be true. It means that the Police Service Commission is no longer fit for purpose.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by Slover16: 5:36pm On Dec 08, 2025
Powerless people. You can't control your house .
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by JagaLove: 5:40pm On Dec 08, 2025
chudez0147:
This is not being negative bro . The VIPs will bribe their way through
that's why a bigger shot is setting the law. It was said a past igp once set the law, hence more powerful people like senators and governors can bypass it and bribe their way through.. This time around how do you want to work your way past the presidents orders. They run the system.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by ChristianMuslim: 5:44pm On Dec 08, 2025
They should use whistle blower to fish them out .. whistle blower should paid like 500k ,let's see if them no go obey
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by chudez0147(m): 5:47pm On Dec 08, 2025
JagaLove:
that's why a bigger shot is setting the law. It was said a past igp once set the law, hence more powerful people like senators and governors can bypass it and bribe their way through.. This time around how do you want to work your way past the presidents orders. They run the system.
Like you didn’t read where they caught and demoted a police officer just yesterday
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by stampo: 5:50pm On Dec 08, 2025
3 mopol still dey estate gate till now
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by 1mansolder: 5:51pm On Dec 08, 2025
The best way it will work effectively is whenever any junior officer is arrested,his commander must be arrested too.When the commanders and other senior officers posting the junior officers out start receiving more punishment than the junior officers no one will want to disobey the law again.The corrupt people are the senior officers not the junior ones.Let kill corruption from the root which is from the igp to dpo.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by mariovito(m): 5:51pm On Dec 08, 2025
ajalawole:
IGP can't assign those boys bro. If you check closely you see those VIP uselly use mopol. I think in mopol every state has a Commander, those Commanders are the one who assisng to VIP.
In the police, there's a special protection unit spu, there's also diplomatic protection

So I will be guessing that all police formations in the business of hiring out their men along with the spu at least will also have to be shut down to give moment to the order.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by maasoap(m): 5:52pm On Dec 08, 2025
Dogalmighty17:
It never worked because it wasn't enforced simple. It doesn't matter who gave the order. Even the president relies on men to carry out his orders so if previous IGPs were committed to fully following up on their own directives, the matter would have been settled long ago.
If you don't understand what he's saying because he didn't say it in details, just ask. It matters who gave the order and it didn't work not because it wasn't enforced, this is where you are wrong about what he is saying.
It didn't work because the orders came from previous IGPs but VIPs would usually go behind IGPs to reach out to the presidency in form of favour and the presidency would listen to them or their concerns and sabotage the directive
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by Burob: 5:53pm On Dec 08, 2025
Typing:
Because Tinubu na Yoruba man abi? grin grin
Senseless talk as usual.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by 1mansolder: 5:55pm On Dec 08, 2025
omooba969:


It is INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION if what you described here happens to be true. It means that the Police Service Commission is no longer fit for purpose.
imagine posting policemen to vip, the VIP will pay like 200k pay person and the commander will give the junior officer 50-80 .The level of slavery is high in the force that is why the junior officers are not allowed to speak to the press.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by 7arrows: 6:01pm On Dec 08, 2025
dre11:
https://leadership.ng/why-withdrawal-of-police-from-vips-never-worked-ex-igp-baba/
Dead on arrival. It cannot work. Just the way the president said he's against corruption. I smile. They r all guilty as charged. Have u seen his son's convor? Example 1.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by Reference(m): 6:10pm On Dec 08, 2025
babzo:
That directive won't work for the simple reason of leadership by example.
If the President and his family don't live on their salaries as in they enjoy the Nigerian loot, there is no way you will tell a policeman with a salary of 150k a month not to argument his pay with extra 200k by providing services for people especially when his Ogas collect quota.

Things like this will work when:

1) Corruption becomes a crime in Nigeria and people are prosecuted

2) True salaries are paid people. Paying a President 1 million naira or a policeman with a gun 150k is a joke.

3) Governorment creates a safety net for the people so that within a generation,money is no longer the only symbol of success
Totally understand.
The economy is in a terrible state.
Most salaries simply do not make sense.
Most Nigerians live illegally and unethically to make ends meet.

But the truth of the matter is that policing remains a social service, an obligation of the state as per the constitution.

But the Federal government is mistaken if it thinks it can fund the policing of this country to any reasonable standards alone.

Two things it should do:

One, press legislation to have state and local government police. The Federal government retains somewhere about 40 percent of all revenues accruing to this country. In simple terms it should be paying only 40 percent of the police work force in Nigeria. States and LGA's should fund the rest to their capacities. Only 4 out of 10 policemen should be a Federal officer.

Two, press legislation to have personal protection and facility protection services as an independent institution which will be administered and commissioned by the end users at their cost subject to certain eligibility laws. So that everyone from the Presidency to the Bank CEO, everywhere from refineries to government buildings are protected by this service.

Government can then make their security a line item in the budget and made payable to this organisation and civilians as well in their company and personal accounts.

Then the police will become a truly independent, apolitical institution and regain a lot of professionalism and respect it has frittered away cavorting with the very people it should superintend over.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by JagaLove: 6:29pm On Dec 08, 2025
chudez0147:
Like you didn’t read where they caught and demoted a police officer just yesterday
no sir. I'm not so current with the news. What was the offence sir.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by WorldRichest: 6:32pm On Dec 08, 2025
MEGAWATCH:
It will never work, how many things has worked under this bad luck man called Bola Tinubu?


We have already made some arrangements to travel with some policemen and they assured us nothing is happening, even if Tinubu stays on the road...

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

Nigeria is too sweet, forget all the bad stories.


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cry well well
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by asukwosamuel0(m): 6:34pm On Dec 08, 2025
I no want to talk o because nija is a joke 🤣🤣
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by Hedonisco: 6:36pm On Dec 08, 2025
Nigeria is a cesspit. This directive will never work. Just watch. Latest by February, everyone would have forgotten about the so-called directive and things would return to status quo.

Nigeria's problem is institutionalized anyhowness. There is really no remedy.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by MEGAWATCH: 6:37pm On Dec 08, 2025
WorldRichest:
Cry well well
That's the last response of drowning Tinubu's supporters.

Nothing will happen simple.......if you like go and tell Tinubu what I said.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by chudez0147(m): 6:45pm On Dec 08, 2025
JagaLove:
no sir. I'm not so current with the news. What was the offence sir.
He was caught escorting a vip
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by biggy00000(m): 7:03pm On Dec 08, 2025
ajalawole:
In mopol, a squadron Commander can make 80million even above monthly assigning his boys to a vip. The VIP will pay the Commander, Commander will also collect from his boys send to a vip. Money dey VIP escort.
We have a number problem in Nigeria. Y'all just quote abysmal figures. Any idea what 80 million naira is?
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by udemzyudex(m): 7:08pm On Dec 08, 2025
Dogalmighty17:
It never worked because it wasn't enforced simple. It doesn't matter who gave the order. Even the president relies on men to carry out his orders so if previous IGPs were committed to fully following up on their own directives, the matter would have been settled long ago.
Gbam.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by symbianDON(m): 7:35pm On Dec 08, 2025
The reason it never worked is because of the egunje the so-called VIPs dole out to have police protection. The greed of the ogas at the top was what made it not to work.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by PrincessofDSS(f): 7:36pm On Dec 08, 2025
MEGAWATCH:
It will never work, how many things has worked under this bad luck man called Bola Tinubu?


We have already made some arrangements to travel with some policemen and they assured us nothing is happening, even if Tinubu stays on the road...

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

Nigeria is too sweet, forget all the bad stories.


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just hope it doesn’t work because we cannot travel without federal police escort!!
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by ajalawole(m): 8:00pm On Dec 08, 2025
biggy00000:
We have a number problem in Nigeria. Y'all just quote abysmal figures. Any idea what 80 million naira is?
this is not a beer parlour gist boss. Do you know how many platoon are in a squadron. Some squadron commander that have multiply filling station. If you know how much it takes to be promoted to commander self you go fear.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by ajalawole(m): 8:01pm On Dec 08, 2025
symbianDON:
The reason it never worked is because of the egunje the so-called VIPs dole out to have police protection. The greed of the ogas at the top was what made it not to work.
exactly... Those people think the VIP give out chicken change.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by ajalawole(m): 8:05pm On Dec 08, 2025
1mansolder:
imagine posting policemen to vip, the VIP will pay like 200k pay person and the commander will give the junior officer 50-80 .The level of slavery is high in the force that is why the junior officers are not allowed to speak to the press.
God bless you. I say some commander make like 80m someone was arguing with me. Those one don't know how many platoon dey under commander
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by thegrinch(m): 8:15pm On Dec 08, 2025
As of today, the order is effective. Police attached to VIPs have been recalled, and there is some sanity in the system.

VIPs have been told to go to Civil Defence to request for Protection if needed.

How long will it last? Only time will tell.

ayoolataiwo:
Nigerian elites are the major cause of these security menace,imagine a short service personnel of less than 50k police and 15% of them are in the houses of these people working as a domestic staff.Now that the President has spoken let wait and see if na just dog barking or there will be strict compliance
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by thegrinch(m): 8:16pm On Dec 08, 2025
Oloriburuku spotted.

PrincessofDSS:
I just hope it doesn’t work because we cannot travel without federal police escort!!
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by babzo(m): 8:17pm On Dec 08, 2025
Reference:
Totally understand.
The economy is in a terrible state.
Most salaries simply do not make sense.
Most Nigerians live illegally and unethically to make ends meet.

But the truth of the matter is that policing remains a social service, an obligation of the state as per the constitution.

But the Federal government is mistaken if it thinks it can fund the policing of this country to any reasonable standards alone.

Two things it should do:

One, press legislation to have state and local government police. The Federal government retains somewhere about 40 percent of all revenues accruing to this country. In simple terms it should be paying only 40 percent of the police work force in Nigeria. States and LGA's should fund the rest to their capacities. Only 4 out of 10 policemen should be a Federal officer.

Two, press legislation to have personal protection and facility protection services as an independent institution which will be administered and commissioned by the end users at their cost subject to certain eligibility laws. So that everyone from the Presidency to the Bank CEO, everywhere from refineries to government buildings are protected by this service.

Government can then make their security a line item in the budget and made payable to this organisation and civilians as well in their company and personal accounts.

Then the police will become a truly independent, apolitical institution and regain a lot of professionalism and respect it has frittered away cavorting with the very people it should superintend over.
You are definitely an intelligent person and also a patriot!!!
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by HOSTCOM(m): 8:25pm On Dec 08, 2025
If this won't work this time, the igp should be fired. I still see police with some judges sha. Even in church program.
Re: Why Withdrawal Of Police From VIPs Never Worked – Ex-IGP Baba by Gbogbotigbo007: 8:53pm On Dec 08, 2025
dre11:
https://leadership.ng/why-withdrawal-of-police-from-vips-never-worked-ex-igp-baba/
This one just confirmed that himself and other IGPs that issued such orders were toothless bulldogs. They should refund all entitlements they earned while in office since they were so useless that their men did not obey their orders. Useless people.
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