IG ORDERS SHAKE-UP IN GOVS’ SECURITY DETAILS

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of Camp Commanders, Guard Commanders and Officers-in-Charge of Anti –Bomb Units attached to all the 36 state governors of the federation. The order was contained in a signal sent from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, to all commissioners of police in the 36 state commands.
In the signal, the I-G declared that all police officers posted to enforce security around governors and government houses, who are addressed as, or referred to as “Camp Commanders, Guard Commanders, or Officers-in-Charge of Anti-Bomb Units”, are at variance with formal police nomenclature.

The signal maintained that “these appellations are not recognized by the Nigeria Police Force,” and as such all officers posted on routine duties to government houses bearing such appellations should cease forthwith.
Going by the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, all state commissioners of police are empowered to withdraw and redeploy police officers who are currently on routine duties at government houses in the states, who are addressed as “Camp Commanders, Guard Commanders or Officers-in-Charge of Anti-Bomb Units.”
Source: Daily Newswatch