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IGP Withdraws MOPOL With Immediate Effect

The acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) from 37 squadrons across the country.

This comes a month after the acting IGP annouced plans to withdraw police personnel, specifically PMF from VIPs across the country.

In a police signal dated July 26 obtained by The whistler, the commanders of the affected squadrons were given two weeks to execute the task.

The signal was signed by a COMPOL Mobile – A senior officer from the rank of a Commissioner of Police (CP) upwards on behalf of the AIGPOL MOPOL, FHQ Abuja.

According to the wireless message issued at about 2:31 pm on Wednesday, the withdrawal is to enable the mobilization of personnel for the specialized quick intervention squad proposed by the IGP to tackle growing concerns of insecurity

VOP Lagos

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