YOU ARE THE PROBLEM OF POLICE, IG TELLS SENIOR OFFICERS

…Decorates new AIGs

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday said the problem bedevilling the police  force was not junior officers, but very senior officers.

Abubakar revealed this while decorating eight newly-promoted senior police officers with their new ranks, in Abuja.

“We have found out that most of the problems of the police are not even with the junior ones. Most of the time, the problem is with the senior ones. We refuse to do what we are expected to do, in terms of leadership.

“No matter where you are today or whatever posting you might take, we expect so much from you. There is no room for monkey style. We expect you to lead by example,” he said.

Those decorated were three Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), namely, Mark Idawko, Mamman Sule and Adisa Bolanta; and five Commissioners of Police (CPs), namely, Nasiru Oki, Isaac Oke, Marcus Danlandi, Ahmed Ibrahim and Salihu Garba.

The police boss told them that gone were the days when elevation to higher rank was viewed as a time to rest, pointing out that “these days the more you take, the more is expected from you.”

Idawko, who responded on behalf of the newly decorated officers, described their elevation as a “great honour” promising that they would not disappoint the IG and his management team.

The Police Service Commission (PSC) had on January 30 this year approved the promotion of more than 2,000 senior police officers on the commendation of the IGP.

Source: Blueprint