BREAKING: IGP Orders Deployment Of Riot Policemen Over Attacks On Police Facilities, Others

…Charges Officers To Protect Lives, Defend Critical Infrastructure

Following attacks on police stations and correctional facilities in the country by hoodlums, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate nationwide deployment of riot policemen to secure lives and property of all Nigerians.

Adamu also ordered “massive deployment” of police operatives to strengthen security around correctional facilities across the country.

Recall that hoodlums had on Monday, attacked two correctional facilities in Edo State, setting free several inmates.

The hoodlums also attacked and burnt down three police stations, forcing the government to impose a 24-hour curfew in the state.

Similarly, hoodlums had earlier today, attacked and burnt down another police station in Lagos, leading also, to a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

A statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, said Adamu also directed Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to identify and isolate law-breakers from peaceful protesters.

According to Mba, the police boss further charged the commissioners to immediately apprehend and prosecute perpetrators of violence in their respective commands.

The force spokesman said: “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has ordered immediate nationwide deployment of anti-riot police unit – the Police Mobile Force (PMF) – to protect lives and property of all Nigerians and secure critical national infrastructure across the country. The IGP has also ordered massive deployment of Police operatives to strengthen security around Correctional facilities nationwide.

“The orders are coming on the heels of increasing attacks including acts of arson and malicious damage to public and private facilities as recorded in some States of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“Consequently, the Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the FCT are to identify and isolate law-breakers from peaceful protesters; immediately arrest and diligently prosecute such perpetrators of violence in their respective Commands. The IGP notes that twelve (12) suspects have been arrested in connection with the attacks and arson on Police Stations in Benin, Edo State. Five (5) AK47 rifles earlier stolen from vandalized Police Stations have also been recovered.

“The Inspector-General of Police calls on members of the public to avail the police with useful information that can lead to the re-arrest of the fleeing inmates, unlawfully released from Correctional facilities.”

Mba concluded that the police chief also urged parents to call on their children and wards to steer-clear of acts of violence and criminality “as the Force will henceforth exercise the full powers of the law to prevent any further attempt on lives and property of citizens.”