August 14, 2022

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has warned police officers to be civil, professional, and humane in the course of discharging their duties, while ordering the deployment of adequate security around schools, hospitals and critical national infrastructures across the country.

This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday.

According to him, the IGP has also ordered regular patrols, stop and search raids, and show of force by tactical commanders to clamp down on pockets of crime and criminality in some states of the federation.

“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the deployment of water-tight security arrangements to cover all schools, hospitals, health workers, and critical national infrastructures around the country,” the statement added.

“The IGP has equally ordered regular patrols, stop and search, raids, and show of force by tactical commanders to clamp down on pockets of crime and criminality recorded in some states of the federation.”

He asked strategic police managers at various levels to prioritize the use of intelligence gathering networks while charging officers and men of the force to take the fight against crime to the doorsteps of suspected criminal elements with a view to flushing them from their hideouts.

Baba gave the directive while reviewing the reports he received from various commands and formations on the general security situations across the country.

The IGP however called for the cooperation of members of the public.