BREAKING: Signal on removal of police aides from politicians, VIPs is fake – Police

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday, 17th July 2023, stated that a signal in circulation on social media, purportedly originating from MOPOL 45 FHQ ABJ, ordering the removal of police aides from certain top politicians and their relatives was fake and did not emanate from the NPF or any of its formations…..CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING

In a statement, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, emphatically stated that the signal deviated from the Police’s telegraphic message structure and standard as the signal bore the signature of a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), which was highly irregular, as a signal of this nature would typically be signed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), “who heads such formations, and not a higher-ranking officer.”

He said the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, had taken immediate notice and had ordered a thorough investigation into its source and assured Nigerians that appropriate action would be taken against those responsible for its creation and dissemination…..CONTINUE READING