Police IG Replaces Banned Military Roadblocks With Highway Patrols

During a one-day stakeholders consultative forum on improving police response to sexual and gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming,  The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said he has immediately deployed highway patrol vehicles to fill in the vacuum created with Monday’s presidential order for dismantling of military roadblocks on highways in the country.

The Police boss said that in addition to over 300 patrol vehicles recently deployed to the roads, another 157 highway patrol vehicles are ready for deployment on the roads and that the police would need the prompt collaboration of the public to prevent crimes, and also affirmed that the Nigerian military could still be called upon to assist in security whenever the need arises.