IG suspends withdrawal of Policemen from VIPs (ThisDay)

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, has suspended by one month, the withdrawal of policemen attached to VIPs across the country.

The suspension of the order, which was billed to be immediate, when announced last Monday, followed Idris’ meeting with the Commanders of Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Special Protection Unit (SPU).

The meeting was held on March 20. But a day before the earlier announcement, Idris also had met with state police commissioners and Assistant Inspectors-General (AIG) at the force headquarters in Abuja. Read more