SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate nationwide deployment of the Police Mobile Force to protect the lives and property of Nigerians.
Adamu said the deployment of the special police unit is to secure critical national infrastructure across the country.
A statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, said that the IGP has “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.
“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 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.”
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The statement advised parents and guardians “to prevail 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.”
