In a meeting held on Thursday at Force Headquarters in Abuja, the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, directed all Commissioners of Police in the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory to remove all non-security checkpoints within their areas of responsibility.
This directive aims to enhance accountability and transparency within the Force.
He said, “All state commissioners of police are hereby directed to immediately commence the dismantling of all such non-security checkpoints within their areas of responsibilities and arrest all violators for prompt prosecution.
“To bolster accountability and transparency within the Force, we have taken steps such as reinforcing the IGP Monitoring Unit and the Complaint Response Unit (CRU) based at the Force Headquarters and efforts are ongoing to establish CRU offices in all states.”
Egbetokun recalled the directive issued to all state police commissioners to establish CRU offices in their command headquarters, aimed at combating corruption and upholding professionalism within the Nigeria Police Force. He subsequently gave a three-week ultimatum for the CPs to comply with the order.
Assuring the citizens of the three states scheduled for governorship elections on November 11, the acting IGP affirmed that the police had taken adequate measures to guarantee a secure and peaceful electoral process.
