Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, has tasked the newly promoted senior officers to intensify the fight against corruption and indiscipline so as to bring it to the barest minimum.
Abubakar, who gave the charge during the decoration of the senior officers with their new ranks, yesterday in Abuja, said corruption and indiscipline had been the bane of police progress.
The newly decorated officers included Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Adeola Adeleke Adeniji, who is currently in charge of Zone 4, Benue state, Commissioner of Police (CP), Baba Tijjani, in charge of Federal Operations, Mohammed K. Mohammed, Deputy Force Secretary, Abdul Bube, CP Border Patrol, and Abubakar Marafa, CP Anti-Fraud.
Others were Hosea Hassan Karma, CP Police Mobile Force (PMF), Augustine Evbkhavbokun, CP Provost, and Esosa Amadasun, CP X-Squad.
He said: “Discipline should be the focal point of the police. I want to specifically charge the CP in charge of X-Squad to revival the unit and ensure that corruption is fought to the barest minimum, not only in the police but also in the whole country.
“I know that the CP is competent and that is why the police management team has deemed it fit to put him in charge of the unit. Make sure that the menace of corruption is a thing of the past in the entire police force.
“The provost unit of the force should be improved on. Indiscipline should not be mentioned amongst our people anymore. Officers and men should be well behaved and mannered. Everybody should respect the Code of Conduct.”
Speaking on behalf of the newly decorated officers, AIG Adeleke thanked the IG and his management team and promised not to let them down but do everything to justify the honour bestowed on them.
