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Posted by Lolade on Wed 26th Aug, 2015 - tori.ng

The Police Service Commission has flagged off the implementation of the directive of President Buhari that some officers be withdrawn from VIPs in the country.

D'banj with police escorts

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s order that the over 130,000 police personnel attached to unauthorised persons and VIPs in the country be withdrawn, the Police Service Commission, PSC, is set to begin the implementation.

Chairman of PSC, Sir Mike Okiro, who confirmed this in Abuja yesterday, said: “The monitoring team will have the powers to stop VIPs on the highways, airports and so on, for confirmation of their status and that of the policemen attached to them.”

“The PSC, in collaboration with the Inspector General Police, has concluded arrangements to deploy a high level monitoring team to the nation’s airports, highways and other public places to enforce the Presidential directive of immediate withdrawal of policemen from very important personalities, VIP, who are not entitled to their services”.

A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Information PSC, quotes Okiro as warning that “any erring VIP or policeman caught in such unauthorised beat, will be prosecuted.”

According to Vanguard, the PSC Chairman stressed that the Commission and the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force will enforce the presidential directive to the letter, stressing that henceforth only authorised government officials and VIPs will be entitled to police security.