The Inspector General of police, Idris Ibrahim has warned officers against laxity in the provision of adequate security as the nation prepares for the 2019 general elections.
Addressing the officers today, Thursday in Abuja, the police boss said that government and the People of Nigerian expect much from them in ensuring security and safety of all Nigerians throughout the Country “as we go into the 2019 General Election.
“Te Force will no longer tolerate laxity on the part of any Commissioner of police who fails to be proactive in dealing with crisis and other violent crimes in their Area of Responsibilities (AOR).
“We have to up our games of ensuring adequate security throughout the Country from now on to the election and beyond.”
The Inspector General announced that he had set up a Committee headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations comprising the United Nations Organs, the ECOWAS and the Presidential Committee on Prohibition of Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) and other critical stakeholders for the destruction before the 2019 General Election of over Ten Thousand (10,000) illegal firearms and prohibited weapons and more than Twenty Six Thousand (26,000) illegal ammunition recovered in the mop-up operations of illegal firearms and prohibited weapons currently ongoing throughout the Country.
He congratulated and commended the newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police and Assistant Inspectors General of Police and enjoined them to put in their best in their new dispositions.
He made it clear that the renewed commitment of the Nigeria Police Force in reducing crimes and criminalities in the Country to the barest is unwavering.
