Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has warned that any police officer found providing escort or protection for Very Important Persons (VIPs) will be arrested, describing such assignments as “illegal duty” under the current directive of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun.
The spokesperson of the police force, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin,
disclosed this while speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday, December 2.
Hundeyin stressed that the enforcement operation is fully
underway, emphasising that all officers attached to VIP protection duties have
been withdrawn.
“The
enforcement is on. The IGP gave the directive that any police officer found
escorting VIPs be arrested because, definitely, he is on illegal duty. Every
one of them has been recalled'' Hundeyin said
The police PRO stated that the IGP had issued strict orders
to senior police commanders to withdraw all officers previously assigned to
VIPs.
Quoting the IGP’s instruction, Hundeyin said
“The IGP
ordered the AIG SPU [Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the
Special Protection Unit] to go to the Abuja airport and station his men there
and arrest any police officer found escorting VIPs.
He gave the
same order to the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State to go to the Lagos
airport and arrest any police officer escorting VIPs. That’s how seriously we
take this''
The police PRO also said President Bola Tinubu’s order is
absolute and not based on “the highest bidder.”
President Tinubu’s order to withdraw police escorts from
VIPs is to redeploy personnel to core policing duties amid rising insecurity
nationwide.
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