The Nigeria Police said it had deployed 3,000 officers as 塗olding force鋳
to restore civil authority to the liberated areas in the North-east.
The Inspector -General of Police (I-G), Mr. Solomon Arase, disclosed this
at the End of Year Commissioners of Police Conference held at the Force
Headquarters in Abuja.
The Force has deployed 3,000 officers as holding forces to the liberated
areas in the North-East with the task of restoring civil authority.
It is pertinent to note that the Force has been fighting side by side the
Military in the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East,
he said.
He stressed that the Police was making efforts to expand the deployment to
cover all other theatres of insurgency in the region.
In this critical national assignment, some gallant officers have paid the
supreme sacrifice, he said.
He added that the force has dismissed 51 officers for corrupt practices,
while 56 others had been made to face diverse punishments.
Between May and November, the anti-corruption enforcement architecture
emplaced by the Force leadership has led to the dismissal of 51 personnel
for proven corrupt practices while another 56 have been awarded various
punishments, he said.
He said that Monitoring Unit; X-Squad and the Provost Marshal have been
charged to sustain the enforcement drive in the upcoming year. The IG
assured that the policy of holding Commissioners of Police, Area
Commanders and Divisional Police Officers, liable for professional
misconduct would be re-enforced.
He absolved the Force from acts of violence during the Bayelsa state
governorship election. Arase explained that Police did what was expected
of them and should not be blamed for problems created by politicians.