The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a Special Enforcement Team to ensure full compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive prohibiting police personnel from providing escort and guard duties for Very Important Persons (VIPs).
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In a statement on Saturday via the Force’s X handle, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the team began a statewide monitoring operation in Lagos on December 6, 2025, starting at around 10:00 am. Key locations monitored included the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, the domestic wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, and other strategic points across the state.
Hundeyin reported that the exercise showed “satisfactory and commendable” adherence to the presidential order, with no cases of unauthorised police escort deployment and no arrests made.
The statement added that Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, reiterated the Force’s commitment to the full implementation of the directive, emphasizing that police personnel would now focus on core policing duties aimed at enhancing general security, crime prevention, and protection of lives and property.
Hundeyin assured the public that enforcement of the policy would continue nationwide “without fear or favour” and urged citizens to support the effort to build a more efficient, professional, and people-centered policing system.
President Tinubu issued the directive during a security meeting on November 23 in Abuja with service chiefs and the Director-General of the Department of State Services. VIPs requiring protection will now be assigned armed operatives from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps instead of the police.
The policy aims to free up police manpower for frontline duties, particularly in underserved communities, and to strengthen Nigeria’s overall national security response.
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