Security

IGP Orders Immediate Deployment of CPs to State Commands

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate deployment of Commissioners of police to various commands across the country.

In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Thursday, the decision followed the approval of the recommendation of the IGP for the posting of Commissioners of Police to various State Commands by the Police Service Commission (PSC).

IGP Alkali Baba tasked the Senior Police Officers to proceed immediately to their respective duty posts and take charge of the affairs of their offices and execute the policing agenda of the Force leadership.

The newly posted Commissioners of Police comprise Mohammed Usaini Gumel – Kano State Command; Haruna Gabriel Garba – FCT Command Abuja; Tajudeen A. Abass – Delta State Command; Oladimeji Yomi Olarewaju – Ogun State Command; Taiwo Jesubiyi – Ondo State Command; Julius A. Okoro – Benue State Command; Romokere Ibiani – Bayelsa State Command; Mohammed Bunu – Yobe State Command; Garba Musa Yusuf – Kaduna State Command; Garba Ahmed – Zamfara State Command; Hayatu Kaigama Ali – Sokoto State Command; and Aliyu Musa – Katsina State Command.

Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police has charged the Senior Police Officers to entrench professionalism and respect for fundamental rights in all officers and men under their supervision.

The IGP gave the charge at the recent training for Strategic Police Managers held at the Nigeria Institute of Police Studies (NIPS) in Abuja.

He equally urged them to adequately engrain community-oriented policing in their various jurisdictions to achieve modern, technology-based, and people-oriented policing services on all fronts.

Annabel Nwachukwu

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Security

IGP Deploys Promoted AIGs to Commands

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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has deployed the new Assistant Inspector-Generals of Police to their new posts following their promotion in the Nigerian Police Force.

  This assignment to the various commands in the force is in line with the manpower development policy of posting the right people into roles fitting for them based on their capabilities.

This includes the former police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who was assigned to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Annex Lagos.

The posting is with immediate effect, the IGP stated.

The IGP noted in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, that this is in line with his mandate and strategies to strengthen the operational structures of commands, departments, and formations.

The statement partly reads, “The following AIGs have been posted/redeployed to the duty posts indicated against their names;  

i.AIG Zone 14 Katsina-AIG Ahmed Abdulrahman, mni

ii.AIG Police Mobile Force-AIG Ibrahim Sani Ka’oje, mni

iii.AIG Special Protection Unit -AIG Matthew Akinyosola, mni

iv.AIG Zone 12 Bauchi-AIG Sylvester Abiodun Alabi, fdc

v.AIG Maritime Lagos-AIG Yekini Adio Ayoku, psc(+), mni

vi.AIG Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia – AIG Olofu Tony Adejoh

vii.AIG Zone 7 Abuja-AIG Aliyu Garba

viii.AIG ICT FHQ Abuja-AIG Idris Dabban Dauda, fdc

“ix.AIG Research & Development – AIG Yusuf Ahmed Usman

x.AIG Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Haladu M. Ros-Amson, fdc

xi.AIG Zone 8 Lokoja-AIG Babatunde B. Ishola

xii.AIG Counter Terrorism Unit – AIG Alexander N. Wannang

xiii.AIG Zone 2 Lagos -AIG Ari M. Ali

xiv.AIG Zone 9 Umuahia-AIG Mamman Sanda Umar, fdc

xv.Commandant Police Academy, Wudil – AIG Sadiq I. Abubakar, mni

xvi. AIG FCID Annex Lagos – AIG Frank Emeka Mba, mni

xvii.AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Benjamin N. Okolo, fdc

xviii.AIG DTD FHQ Abuja – AIG Oyediran A. Oyeyemi, fsi

xix.AIG FCID Annex Kaduna – AIG Babaji Sunday

xx.AIG Zone 5 Benin – AIG Arungwa Nwazue Udo, mni

xxi.Force Transport Officer – AIG Yusuf C. Usman, mni”.

Baba urged the AIGs to put in their best and ensure that the activities of their new commands, formations, and departments align with the Police Reform mandate.

  He equally mandated them to fully comply with all standard operating procedures in discharging their duties.

Punch/Simeon Ugbodovon

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Economy

IGP Goes Tough on Citizens Abusing Naira Notes

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the arrest and subsequent prosecution of all individuals involved in the sale or abuse of naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

According to a statement issued on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the directive is in line with the Federal Government’s policy and drive to uphold the provisions of the CBN Act, 2007, and to elevate Nigeria’s currency.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau to place officers and men from the Department and the Bureau on high alert across the country.
“Police and Commissioners of Police in charge of Police Commands and Formations to carry out full enforcement of the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 which criminalizes amongst other things the hawking, selling or otherwise trading, spraying of, dancing or matching on the Naira notes, falsifying or counterfeiting of bank notes, refusal to accept the Naira as a means of payment, tampering with the coin or note issued by the CBN.

“The Inspector-General of Police reiterated the mandate of the Nigeria Police Force to enforce all laws and regulations without any prejudice to the enabling Acts of other security agencies and urged all and sundry to cooperate with the Nigeria Police Force as it brings the long arm of the law to bear upon all violators of the provisions of the CBN Act, and other extant statutes in Nigeria, with a view to having a well-policed society in all ramifications within the country,” the statement reads in part.

Culled / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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Security

2023 Poll: IGP Orders Distribution of Revised Operational Guidelines

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Police officers and other law enforcement agents are to receive Revised Standard Operational Guides/Rules.

A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, mnipr, mipra, says that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, gave the order to this effect.

The statement explains that Revised Standard Operational Guides/Rules is a 36-paged handbook containing a page for the details of the officer to whom it is issued, a foreword by the IGP, rules on general conduct, duty parade, briefing/debriefing, dress and accoutrement, managing political parties’ convention/rallies, and crowd control, use of force and lethal weapon, escorting and protecting election materials, the procedure of arrest, command and control and other salient electoral security rules.

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2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: IGP ORDERS DISTRIBUTION OF 600,000 COPIES OF HANDBOOK ON REVISED STANDARD OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES ON ELECTION SECURITY DUTIES TO POLICE OFFICERS, OTHER AGENCIES

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has ordered the distribution of more than a million copies of a handbook produced by the Nigeria Police Force on “Revised Standard Operational Guidelines/Rules for Police Officers and Other Law Enforcement Agents on Election Security Duties ahead of the 2023 General Elections.

The 36 paged handbook contains a page for the details of the officer to whom it is issued, a foreword by the IGP, rules on general conduct, duty parade, briefing/debriefing, dress and accoutrement, managing political parties’ convention/rallies, and crowd control, use of force and lethal weapon, escorting and protecting election materials, the procedure of arrest, command and control and other salient electoral security rules.

The strategic distribution covers the Force Headquarters, Zonal and State Police Commands, Formations and trickles down to Units of the Force and Divisional Police Stations to ensure that every police officer will have a copy of the guidelines for ease of reference before the commencement of deployments. Similarly, the IGP has ordered distribution to the Presidency, Ministry of Police Affairs, Police Service Commission, the Military, and all other security agencies engaged alongside the Police in election security management based on their expected deployment for the elections.

The Inspector-General of Police reiterates his expectation that the Police and other security agents involved in election security management will find the handbook to be a valuable operational companion which could act as a standard in holding them accountable in the line of their electoral duties, as all hands must be on deck to actualise the mandate and commitment of the NPF to have free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.

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Security

IGP Reiterates Commitment to Police Welfare, Completes 198 Projects

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba is set to commission Modern Police Stations, barracks and 192 other projects in the Six States of the Federation.

The Force Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated this in a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Abuja.

The statement reads, “This is in line with his administration’s policing agenda set out upon his appointment as the 21st indigenous Inspector-General of Police”.

It stated that the IGP has completed the construction of over 198 projects including more than 120 modern police stations, barracks and other vital police buildings around the country.

This forms part of efforts to fight crimes and criminality via improved morale-boosting welfare packages and anti-crime psychology of officers, as well as offer policing services in conformity with international best practices.

According to the statement, “consequently, the IGP shall commence a duty tour of some of the states where these projects have been completed for commissioning starting from Tuesday 4th, 2022 to Sunday, 9th October, 2022, starting with the commissioning of the newly constructed Kurudu Divisional Headquarters, Abuja.”

”They states to be visited in no particular order include the Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Jigawa, Katsina, Yobe and Borno States, while other projects across the six geopolitical zones will be commissioned as soon as possible”.

It stated that the Inspector-General of Police reiterated his commitment to ensuring that modern policing realities were emulated and deeply entrenched through modern policing facilities and equipment aimed at improving the professionalism of the Nigeria Police Force, as well as growing a citizen-led and citizen-focused policing system for the nation.

Nigerian Tribune/Maxwell Oyekunle

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Security

Internal Security: IGP Bans Use of Spy Number Plates

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has ordered a total ban on all use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the states of the Federation without exceptions. 

This is irrespective of whether it is authorized, or not, as all authorizations are hereby revoked indefinitely.

This order is necessary to forestall the continuous disregard for traffic rules and regulations and other extant laws guiding road use by individuals hiding under the privileges of SPY police number plates.

 The IGP has therefore directed that police officers and officers of other security agencies attached to VIPs who use the SPY number plates should ensure prompt compliance with this directive or risk being arrested for violation of the order.

Meanwhile, the IGP has directed Commissioners of Police, CPs, in the thirty-six states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as well as their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police, to give full effect to the directives as contained above. 

The IGP has specifically directed the AIGs and CPs to ensure that all SPY number plates currently in use are confiscated henceforth but the owners of such vehicles should not be arrested unless they are police officers or officers of other security agencies on escort duties. 

The IGP however warned that while carrying out these assignments, officers must ensure the rights and privileges of citizens are respected in line with the laws of the land and in accordance with international best practices. 

Other security agencies and members of the public are enjoined to cooperate with the Police in this regard as the moves are aimed at strengthening our internal security.

PR/Sola Agboola

Yoruba

Ajo Eleto Idibo Gbe Igbese Lati Dabo Bo Awon Ohun Elo Idibo Saaju Eto Idibo Nipinle Anambra

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Ajo to n mojuto eto idibo nileyi, INEC ti sope ohun ti se eto gbogbo ti yoo maa safihan iyato to wa ninu awon ohun elo eto idibo to je ojulowo si awon to ba je ayederu.

Alaga ajo INEC, Ojogbon Mahmoud Yakubu soro naa nilu Akwa lasiko ipade awon torokan saaju eto idibo ti yoo waye nipinle Anambra.

Ojogbon Yakubu sope ajo ohun tun ti ri daju pea won oludibo ti ko ni ojulowo kaadi idiibo ni won o ni lanfani ati dibo lojo idibo.

O safikun oro re pea won ohun elo idibo ti ko se koko lawon ti ko lo, sawon ijoba ibile mokalegun ipinle naa.

Ni bayi naa, oga abga yanyan ile ise olopa ile yi, Usman Alkali Baba ti jeko di mimo pe apapo olopa bi egberun merinlelogbon ati orinleleedegbeta ati meje ni yoo maa sise po pelu awon eso alaabo min fun fifese eto abo rinle nibi eto idibo ti yoo waye lojo abameta naa.

O wa ro awon araalu lati mase foya lori kiko ogunlogo eso alaabo jade feto idibo naa, pelu ileri pe won yoo ri daju pea won sise won pelu jije akosemose bee lotun ro awon to n gba lero lati da wahala sile lati kowo omo won boa so.

Merin ninu oludije mejidinlogun fun ipo gomina lo yoju sibi ipade naa.

Folakemi Wojuade

Security

President Buhari Appoints Usman Alkali Baba Acting IGP

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, as Acting Inspector General of Police. 

Announcing the appointment to State House Correspondents in Abuja, the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, said it was with immediate effect. 

He said all recent changes were in line with the determination of President Buhari to rejig the security architecture of the country to ensure that the security challenges bedeviling the nation were brought to an end. 

Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi said the President had charged the new appointee to rise to the challenge to ensure that policing reform policy of the administration were fully prioritised and implemented to enable the police perform most effectively for the peace and security of lives and property of Nigerians.

He said President had expressed appreciation to outgoing Inspector General of Police GP, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu for his professionalism and dedication to duty during the period of his tenure. 

President Buhari had in February extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police for three months.

FRCN Abuja