IGP condemns attacks on police officers, calls for restraint

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Monday strongly condemned the recent trend of assault on Police Officers and men in uniform, carrying out official and lawful duties in various locations across the nation. The IGP emphasized that attacks on Police Officers, who are uniformed agents of the state, is both illegal and an affront on the rule of law.

Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, indicated that the IGP warned that attacks on police officers and men in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise, adding that the Force holds the lives of its personnel sacrosanct.

“Consequently, the IGP has directed all Police Commands and Formations to ensure that individuals who engage in assault on police officers, irrespective of preceding factors, are made to face the full wrath of the law via swift prosecution in courts of competent jurisdiction,” the FPRO stated.

The Inspector-General of Police, reiterating the commitment of the Force to ensuring protection of lives and property, stressed the importance of according respect to the fundamental rights of Police officers and other security operatives, in order to enable them advance their sacred mandate of serving and protecting the citizens better and maintenance of law and order.