The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has vowed that his force would not tolerate any assault on the police officers let alone killing them. He was in Enugu State when he made the vow stating that the police force would respond collectively and appropriately to any incident of such.
There have been several reported cases of killing of uniformed men in the southeastern part of Nigeria, where Enugu is located. Unknown gunmen have carried out attacks on the police targeting their stations and checkpoints.
The police chief said that any assault, let alone killing, on any officer is a direct attack in the IGP. He added that the force would not take it easy with any case.
“We will not tolerate any assault on our police officers not to talk of killing. An assault on a policeman is criminal, is an assault on the IGP and we are not going to kindly any act of assault on our officers not talk of killing any of our officers.
“Anywhere there is killing of any policeman you must all respond collectively and appropriately. There must be appropriate response from us. Where a policeman is assaulted, there must be appropriate response to it.
“We will not tolerate it anymore. In this year 2025, we are going to say no to assault on our officers. We are going to say no, capital no to killing of any of our men.”
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