OrlandoOwoh:
Nice. Any governor that wants more security men should high the services of private bodyguards.

idu1:
So, dis pple dey go abt with 150 police b4

150 multiply by 36 state how many police go remain

Dharniel:
frantically speaking, 62 is still on the high side.
i think a max of 25 would do...

soe:
Ah AHhhhhhhh



62 is still too much naaa, say wetin happen?


Even the Borno State Governor doesn't need more than 20 policemen.....

silvermania:
Eya some people don lost their job be dat o, but it too much na 162

brightleave:
did u turn the news upside down before reading?

soe:
Ah AHhhhhhhh



62 is still too much naaa, say wetin happen?


Even the Borno State Governor doesn't need more than 20 policemen.....

nnachukz:
150 policemen alone. Add up DSS officers you will be amazed.

360metrosports:
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Governors have lost a chunk of their security detail as a result of the reorganisation of the functions of police officers and men.

Police security attached to the governors has been reduced to a maximum of 62 men – which is a unit – according to Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase.

Hitherto some governors had 150 policemen to secure them.

Arase, who spoke in Lagos at the weekend, said the police were worried that too many of their officers and men were doing jobs other than their core police duties, yet they were being promoted.

“When these people now have to be deployed from these special assignments back to their core duties, they may have lost touch,” he said.

According to him, that was behind the decision to withdrawal security from unauthorised persons who use police orderlies for personal aggrandisement rather than as a result of a real threat to their lives. Such people, he said, should find other ways to secure themselves.

He denied that policemen working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were recalled to undermine the anti-corruption crusade of the government.

According to him, policemen working in other agencies like the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), NAPTIP, ICPC and others, who had stayed more than five years, were recalled to be replaced with another set, if necessary.

He said the EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde requested the retention of some of them because they were on special assignments, which, he said, he agreed to do.

The Police Service Commission said last week that a special squad would be deployed on the highways and airports to stop policemen doing illegal guard duties.

Arase said deployment of policemen for guard duties had ensured that of the about 305, 000 policemen engaged by the government, only about 150,000 were available for core duties.

He added that 40,000 policemen across ranks were due to attend promotion courses which he would ensure as soon as funding is available.

The recruitment of 10,000 policemen as announced by the Federal Government would have to wait till next year when there would be budget for it, Arase said adding that only the best hands would be recruited to ensuring that people of integrity are hired.

He expressed his determination to build a data base crime investigation with the support of a $10millon grant from a foreign country.

“I assure you that I will leave the police better than I met it at the end of my tenure next year,” he said.


http://thenationonlineng.net/police-cut-governors-security-detail/

Bobbystanley:
62 is still much in my Opinion.

So U mean these criminals are being guarded by 150 policemen before now?

Its not just worth it

iffydave:
Good development.....

But the ones removed from juicy govt house, will now enter road and start looking for CHANGE

Poliporpor:
Nigeria which way. Beautiful Ppl of naija, before u a start to clap make Una make sure say the change affect Una personally. Change we need for now is constant power, good roads, standard n affordable schools for all ages, employments, policies that will encourage growth etc. All these probes upon probes n reductions etc are lyrical hypnosis for the masses. We all know all these r short-lived. All the ones EFCC n NAFDAC do all today na yeye. If to say obasanjo use all the probe money take transform our power we for no day blindness abi darkness today. All the money Dem collect from abacha nobody fit give account of Dem today. Na so all d ones Dem won collect from GEJ administration go take enter shadow. Do Sth way go benefit the masses in general. Now, even if them pull out all the police from governors e no go stop Dem from not embezzling. But if a stiff policy like "embezzle n be beheaded", many things go change over night

prettytasha:
great move by the igp . some of these governors will be carrying escorts like they are going to war.. ftc again ?oh my my ....k