Don’t Infringe Upon Nigerians’ Rights Under Any Pretext - Adamu warns

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has cautioned policemen deployed for the enforcement of the lockdown and restriction orders not to infringe upon rights of Nigerians under any pretext.

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.

“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.

The IGP has therefore, 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 urging them to continue to observe all precautionary measures issued by relevant health authorities in order for the nation to defeat this pandemic.