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2023: Police checkmating State-owned Security outfits — IG of Police

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Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Alkali Usman, says the activities of Ebubeagu and other state-owned security outfits are being regulated and checked.

The IGP said this on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while featuring in the 57th session of the State House Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team.

While approaching election period, he cautioned politicians to shun violence and abide by extant rules and agreements on the peaceful conduct of campaigns.

Baba said: “The issue of violence in our politics; it takes two to tango; there are laid down procedures to do rallies and campaigns.

“On our part, we have gone out to appeal to politicians to play the game by the rules; and at the same time, allow us to regulate political campaigns, processions and rallies to avoid clashes and so forth.

“The three things which Civil Society Organisations have spoken about – involvement of security outfits; I think I have even made announcements and pronouncements even before their letter.

“On the day the peace accord was signed by the political parties, I reiterated and observed that we have not less than 64 security outfits that were created by state governors in different names for different purposes.’’

The IGP said that the scope of crime prevention was wide; hence everybody was being encouraged to join in community policing.

“Abubakar in Ebonyi, we have on many occasions, checked their high handedness by arresting and investigating those who have actually gone out of their way to commit crime and we have charged them to court.

“If we can charge our personnel for highhandedness and other activities, there is nobody who is going to be exempted.

“If there is any specific case that the police have not gone into concerning those outfits, you mention it; but to the best of our knowledge, theory and practice may differ,” Usman said.

According to Usman, the outfits should avoid being influenced by either primordial loyalty, inducement or other things in discharging their duties.

He warned that officers of the outfits who derail from their legal duties would be prosecuted. (NAN)


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