IGP Adamu tells policemen on lockdown duties to be courteous

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Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police: tells policemen to be courteous.

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has cautioned policemen to ensure that the rights of Nigerians are not infringed upon under any pretext.

His message was meant for policemen deployed for the enforcement of the lockdown and restriction orders.

Adamu asked policemen to accord persons on essential duties, duly exempted from the restriction orders, due courtesies and unfettered access to and from their places of duty.

Adamu noted that the global community is now in extra-ordinary times, with the lockdown taking its toll on every component of Nigeria’s life.

“All police officers deployed for the enforcement of these restriction orders must be professional, humane and tactful and must show utmost respect to the citizenry”, Adamu said.

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“To this end, the IGP has directed Command Commissioners of Police to immediately commence conduct monitoring of Police Officers deployed on enforcement duties in their areas of responsibilities.

“The IGP has equally charged Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) across the nation to ensure adequate supervision of personnel under their watch, as well as due compliance with the Standard Operating Procedure guiding this special task.

“The AIGs and CPs are also to ensure robust anti-crime patrols and surveillance around vulnerable targets such as medical facilities, shops and markets, residential areas, financial institutions and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) points, amongst others so that criminals do not take undue advantage of the current COVID-19 challenge to perpetrate crimes against the citizenry”.

Adamu expressed profound gratitude to Nigerians for their resilience and voluntary compliance with the social restriction orders and cooperation with the Police at all times.

He urged citizens to continue to observe all precautionary measures issued by relevant health authorities in order for the nation to defeat this pandemic.

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