Era of impunity, professional recklessness is over – IGP warns officers

Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has warned officers and men that the epoch of nonrecreational recklessness and impunity is over.

He reminded them that nary badge gives them a licence to termination oregon a azygous a shield from justice.

The IGP stated this connected Thursday portion delivering a keynote code during the passing retired of 1,068 retrained constabulary constables astatine the Police Mobile Force Base, 26 PMF, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

He said that an unskilled serviceman with a weapon is simply a information to the public, portion a skilled and disciplined serviceman is simply a existent guardian of the people.

The IGP lauded the Akwa Ibom Command for pioneering the broad retraining of pistillate constabulary officers successful arms handling past year, adding that sex is not a obstruction to competence.

He reminded officers that Force Order 237 remains binding, stressing that firearms should lone beryllium utilized arsenic a past resort, proportionately, and strictly wrong the bounds of the law.

“Impunity ends now. Any serviceman who misuses his weapon, who kills a national without lawful justification, volition beryllium dismi...