Insecurity: Some Sponsors Of IPOB/ESN ‘Re In Our Custody — IGP

—Says SARS disbandment creating a vacuum
—We parade criminals to blow our trumpet

THE Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba on
Thursday said that some of the sponsors/financiers of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and the Eastern Security Network,
ESN, are in the custody of the police.

The IGP said that the police were looking at the involvement of
suspected IPOB/ESN sponsors in their custody and those outside the
country, adding that after a thorough investigation, they would be
arraigned in court.

He also said that the police have recorded successes against
secessionists and suspected criminals in the southeast, adding that
the suspect in the police custody can not be prosecuted and brought
to justice because of the ongoing strike by judiciary workers.

Speaking at the Presidential briefing organized by the
Presidential Communications Team at the presidential villa, Abuja,
the Police boss, also said that the disbandment of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has created a vacuum in the effort of the
Nigeria Police to tackle insecurity in the country.

He further stated that the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest has
dampened the morale of the personnel of the force.

The acting IGP said the regular policemen and women have not
been able to immediately fill the vacuum created by the SARS
disbandment even though he said efforts were ongoing to train them
for the new role.

On the plan to recruit 10,000 new police personnel, he revealed
that the process has reached 70 per cent, assuring that the
exercise would stick to the Federal Character principle.

The Police boss said that parading of suspects was a way of
blowing the trumpet of the force and updating the public on the
efforts to curb criminality.

—Says SARS disbandment creating a vacuum
—We parade criminals to blow our trumpet

THE Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba on
Thursday said that some of the sponsors/financiers of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and the Eastern Security Network,
ESN, are in the custody of the police.

The IGP said that the police were looking at the involvement of
suspected IPOB/ESN sponsors in their custody and those outside the
country, adding that after a thorough investigation, they would be
arraigned in court.

He also said that the police have recorded successes against
secessionists and suspected criminals in the southeast, adding that
the suspect in the police custody can not be prosecuted and brought
to justice because of the ongoing strike by judiciary workers.

Speaking at the Presidential briefing organized by the
Presidential Communications Team at the presidential villa, Abuja,
the Police boss, also said that the disbandment of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has created a vacuum in the effort of the
Nigeria Police to tackle insecurity in the country.

He further stated that the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest has
dampened the morale of the personnel of the force.

The acting IGP said the regular policemen and women have not
been able to immediately fill the vacuum created by the SARS
disbandment even though he said efforts were ongoing to train them
for the new role.

On the plan to recruit 10,000 new police personnel, he revealed
that the process has reached 70 per cent, assuring that the
exercise would stick to the Federal Character principle.

The Police boss said that parading of suspects was a way of
blowing the trumpet of the force and updating the public on the
efforts to curb criminality.