The Nigeria Police Force has ordered immediate withdrawal of
personnel attached to governors, senators, public office holders and high
profile persons in the South East.
This
was decision reached following the incessant attacks on police formations and
officers and in the region.
The
directive was contained in a police wireless message shared by The Whistler.
The
signal containing the information was dated “101054/05/2021” and with reference
number 0900/DTS/DOPS/VOL47/812 and issued by the Commissioner of Police (DOPS),
Asaba, Delta State.
It
said, “Sequel to the incessant attacks on policemen/ snatching of arms and
ammunition by the proscribed IPOB/ESN elements in the eastern states of Abia,
Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States and Rivers State, COMPOL DOPS directs you
warn personnel that escorts of their principals to the six (6) eastern states
is suspended forthwith until security situation improves. Ensure strict
compliance please.”
According
to the publication, the acting spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command,
DSP Edafe Bright, confirmed validity of the wireless message, but noted that it
was not meant for the press.
“Firstly,
the message that was sent out is not for press, so I don’t know how it got to
you. Secondly, it is for policemen attached to VIPS not to escort their men to
any part of the eastern state. That is the directive,” said Bright.
The
South east and some parts of the South South regions have recently witnessed
series of attacks on police stations, prison facilities and killing of police
and other security personnel.
Last
weekend, a total of 10 police officers were killed in Rivers and Akwa Ibom
States while vehicles and police buildings were burnt.
The
police are insisting that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and
their security unit, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, are responsible for the
attacks even though the secessionist group led by Nnamdi Kanu, are persistent
in their denial.
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