Inspector General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba has strongly condemned the recent trend of attacks on police officers and men in uniform performing official and lawful duties in various locations across the country.
The IGP stressed that attacks on police officers who are uniformed civil servants are both illegal and a violation of the rule of law.
In a press release electronically signed by Force PRO and issued to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated, “The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM , fdc, has strongly condemned the recent trend of attacks on police officers and men in uniform performing official and lawful duties in various locations across the country.
The IGP stressed that attacks on police officers who are uniformed civil servants are both illegal and a violation of the rule of law.
The statement said: “The IGP warned that attacks on police officers and men on duty under whatever guise would no longer be tolerated as the force holds the lives of its personnel sacrosanct.
Consequently, the IGP has directed all police commands and formations to ensure that persons complicit in an attack on police officers, regardless of the foregoing factors, face the full wrath of the law through expeditious prosecution in the appropriate courts.
The Inspector General of Police, while reaffirming the force’s commitment to ensuring the protection of life and property, stressed the importance of respecting the fundamental rights of police officers and other security forces so that they can carry out their sacred duty and better protect citizens and uphold justice and order.
