Nigeria’s inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered his men and women in the police force to use minimal to excessive force against citizens who will come out to protest.

The IGP gave the orders to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police across the country to use force in checkmating any form of protests.

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In a statement by Force PRO, Frank Mba, on Saturday, Adamu warned that the Police Force would not allow any form of protests in Nigeria.

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The statement reads, “The Inspector-General of Police, M.A Adamu, has ordered the deployment of all legitimate force to protect lives and property of citizens including police officers and personnel of other law enforcement agencies and their families, and to prevent attacks on private/public assets from any violent person(s) or group(s) operating under any guise.

“The IGP restates that Commissioners of Police and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police should resist all riotous elements forthwith and checkmate any form of violent/riotous protests in line with Section 33 (1) & (2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) which among other things provides for the use of such force as is reasonably necessary — for the defence of any person from unlawful violence or for the defence of property in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained or for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny.”

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The Inspector General of the Nigerian police force, Mohammed Adamu has insisted that his men acted very professionally during the End SARS protest that rocked the nation for three weeks despite the public outcry against how the police treated protesters.

The police chief, in his assessment tour of some of the States to inspect the extent of damage caused to police stations by angry protesters, the IGP paid a courtesy call on the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma in Owerri.

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During his conversation with the governor, he noted that, the police acted very professional in cordinating the protest.

He added that his men were attacked and killed but they put humanity first by not attacking back even though they had guns on them.

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“I can tell you that our men acted professionally during the protest, they had their guns, they were being killed, yet they respected human dignity. I came specifically to visit the vandalized property and to see the level of damage done to police facilities in Imo.’’ Adamu said.

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The inspector general of the Nigerian police force, Mohammed Adamu has asked that the police should mobilize themselves to take over the streets and chase away hoodlums who are parading as protesters and looting shops.

He instructed all Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs), Heads of Police Operational Units, Squadron and Base Commanders in charge of Zonal/State/FCT Commands, the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit and the Special Protection Unit, today to immediately deploy men onto the streets.

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The End SARS protest which started peacefully has turned into something else in the last couple of days.

There has been pockets of violence in the process where some hoodlums parading as protesters have hijacked the protest and are looting shops belonging to other civilians.

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There has also been reports of other criminal activities beign carried out by these thugs.

They were in the news recently for breaking Prisons and freeing inmates in their thousands and also attacking police stations and burning them down.

The IGP’s call is in the right direction and it will help restore peace and orderliness on the streets of Nigeria.

The IGP, Mohammed Adamu also assured law abiding citizens of their safety and told them to go about their normal business without panic.

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The police hierarchy has announced that they have started training members of the new tactical unit of the police force, SWAT today despite public outcry.

The SWAT unit which is to replace the disbanded SARS unit of the police force, was vehemently kicked against by the youth as they feel that the new unit will just be like the disbanded SARS.

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The Inspector General of police, Mohammed Adamu allayed their fears saying that, none of the members of the defunct SARS will be part of the SWAT division.

A statement released from the police force has detailed how the composition of the SWAT unit would be.

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It adds that, the composition of SWAT will be police who have served well in the police force for a period of not less than seven years without any criminal records. Read the full statement below.

“The IGP reiterates that no personnel of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) will be a member the new Tactical Team. He notes that the officers selected for the training are young, smart and energetic officers who have acquired not less than seven (7) years working experience with clean service records – no pending disciplinary matters, no record of violation of rights of citizens or misuse of firearms – and are physically fit to withstand the rigour of SWAT Training and Operations.

“The selected officers shall be subjected to physical fitness test, medical and toxicology screening etc and those found to be unsuitable shall be discharged.

“The ICRC, an independent International human rights and humanitarian support organization with over 71years of experience in humanitarian services and institutional support and development, will provide resource persons and materials to handle the human rights components of the training program.

“Specifically, they will handle topics touching on humanitarian laws, police conduct in conflict situation, human rights standard especially in the use of force and firearms, arrest and detention amongst others.

“Other areas of the training program will include modern-day police ethics and values, Intelligence-led policing, Operation planning/Tactical decision-making processes, Hostage rescue tactics and operation, weapon handling, first aid/basic life-saving skills, stress/fear management, police-citizens relations and emotional intelligence etc.

The training modules will be handled by other carefully selected development partners, security experts as well as veterans from the civil society and human rights community.”

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The inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu has announced the replacement for the disbanded SARS unit of the police force.

He announced that SARS will be replaced with another unit called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT).

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The public relations officer of the police, Frank Mbah, through a statement also revealed that all disbanded SARS officers are to report to the headquarters for reevaluation and medical examination.

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This, the statement adds, will lead to training them again before they’re redeployed to mainstream policing duties.

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