We’ll Fish Out Police Officers Guarding Cows – Force PRO
By Trek Africa Newspaper
The Nigeria Police Force has vowed to fish out some of its men found in a video accompanying a supposedly Very Important Personality, (VIP), with a cow, obviously being taken to the slaughter slab. No fewer than seven gun carrying policemen were seen in the video with the VIP holding a knife and a black cow being taken to the slaughter slab ostensibly for sallah.
The video, which surfaced on social media Wednesday June 28, 2023, has irked many Nigerians, with some taking to their handles to lambast the Nigeria Police, stress-ing a waste of manpower and rifles.
The video also reignited the debate on the rationality of detailing as many as seven armed policemen to a single individual in a country with over 200 million population and crimes soaring every day.
In the video, the apparent principal of the policemen was seen holding a white tusk, as he walks behind a herdsman leading the cow to the slaughter slab. The policemen, who were armed and acting officious trailed behind the man.
Reacting to the incident on his Tweeter handle, the Force Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said: “This is condemned.
We will fish out these men. It’s even disgusting. We have set up a committee to look into the process of withdrawing our PMF/ tactical men from such services and use them for the announced Quick Intervention Squad.
“Deployment of policemen to individuals will surely be reviewed and regularised. When the committee submits its report, the Ag. IGP will act as fast as possible to implement the policy.
We need more men to police than guard individual Nigerians. We can assure Nigerians of a better policing system in no distant time.”
An Ondo-based activist, Olukemi Fasipe, drew the attention of Adejobi to the video, asking who the man is and why he has so many police officers assigned to him.
The Police has constantly complained, threatened, and vowed to remove police details from civilians, but over time, the vow to check the practice has become a mantra, with the practice continuing unabated.
Source: New Telegraph
