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 country.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
The statement said the police boss emphasized that attacks on police officers, who were uniformed agents of the state, was both illegal and an affront on the rule of law.
According to it, “the IGP warned that attacks on police officers and men in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise, as the Force holds the lives of its personnel sacrosanct.
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the statement pointed out that 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, were made to face the full wrath of the law by swift prosecution in courts of competent jurisdiction.
The IGP while 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.
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