Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has warned against attacks on police officers in the line of duty.
Baba threatened to deal with anyone, no matter the personality, caught in the act.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said: “The IGP Usman Alkali Baba has strongly condemned the recent trend of assault on police officers and men in uniform, carrying out official and lawful duties in various locations across the nation. The IGP emphasised that attacks on police officers, who are uniformed agents of the state, is both illegal and an affront on the rule of law.
“The IGP warned that attacks on police officers and men in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise, as the Force holds the lives of its personnel sacrosanct.
“Consequently, the IGP has directed all police commands and formations to ensure that individuals who engage in assault on police officers, irrespective of preceding factors, are made to face the full wrath of the law via swift prosecution in courts of competent jurisdiction.”
The police boss reiterated the commitment of the Force to the protection of life and property.
He stressed the need to respect the fundamental rights of police officers and other security operatives to enable them advance their sacred mandate of serving and protecting the citizens better and maintain law and order.