The Force Headquarters has ordered the arrest and prosecution of 190 riot policemen who absconded from the ongoing training at the Special Forces School , Buni - Yadi , Yobe State.

The fleeing policemen were part of the 2, 000 Police Mobile Officers mobilised for the training preparatory to their deployment for combat against Boko Haram insurgents in the North - East .

They were deployed by the Inspector - General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, about three weeks ago for purely military duties under the ‘ Operation Lafiya Dole.’

The Police authorities had argued that the deployment of the men was consistent with Section 4 of the Police Act and Regulations, which allows them to perform such military duties both within and outside Nigeria as may be required of them.

The 190 missing cops were believed to have bailed out of the SFS because they did not want to participate in the counter -insurgency operations .
Findings indicate that the policemen were drawn from MOPOLs 2 , Keffi; 3 Enugu; 5 Benin ; 8 Jos; 11 Calabar; and 16 Abeokuta .

Others were from MOPOLs 17 Akure ; 18 Owerri ; 19 Port Harcourt ; 20 / 22 Ikeja ; 23 Keffi Str. ; 26 Uyo ; 28 Umuahia ; 30 Yenagoa; 31 Asaba; 32 Abakaliki ; 35 Dutse ; 39 Ogbomoso ; 43 Lion Building ; 50 Kubwa ; 51 Oghara; 54 Onitsha and 56 Ogoni.

A Police wireless message with reference DTO : 241610/ 12 / 2018 sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday , and signed by the Commissioner of Police in charge of MOPOL, directed that the errant operatives should be arrested and produced under escort .

https://www.hgsmediaplus.com.ng/2018/12/190-policemen-abscond-from-counter.html?m=1

Funny... If na to join police or army na northerners names go full... If na to fight bokoharam na southerners name go full to go die there.. Frm the list 95 percent were southerners... It didn't look good so its good they ran away... Ftc

Am yet to meet a Nigerian who joined the police force out of passion and quest to defend and protect Nigerians.
Papa Ebube, y did u join police.. my pikin na cos say I no get job na em make I join dis work o.
my assertions could be wrong tomorrow but 99 percent true today but until then take it from me.
every police officer on the street joined the force out of frustration so you don't expect sanity let alone loyalty in that profession.

hmmm! while many will call this cowardice, but can we really blame them?- seeing that there is a clear difference between 'dying for your country' and 'being murdered for your country'!.. This development is a very sad one and portends great danger to the Nation's overall security in the long run.. unless the fight against terrorism is done with sincerity of purpose, we shall continue to see this kind of happenings in the future.

Smartest police men in the entire NPF.


That training is akin to training to ur early grave. I wish I can see them to reward them.

Nigeria is not worth any sane persons blood.


They simply used their heads

Hehehehehe, i laff in birom, you use the military to monitor elections, then use the police to fight terrorism.
If i may ask, what were even the training given to them? Push ups, endurance trekking, running, collecting bribes at check points and the likes.
The Nigerian police in their full capacity with full ammunition will be slaughtered like fowls exposed to bird flu cos they weren't trained to combat terrorism.
If this is really true, then the leadership of this nation is fu..cked and Buhari himself is confused.

Why are they mostly from the South?

Why can't Northern Policemen fight Northern terrorists?


*spits

190 is small na.


I was expecting 1,900.

They ran for their dear lives........Can't blame them thou when they aren't well equipped and motivated to face the insurgents

Who wan die

It's not easy to become a Nigerian Police..

Olopa ooo funniest news today. Never take your torn clothes to a carpenter!

Them done wise up. When soldiers are being wasted on a daily.

THEY RAN FOR THEIR DEAR LIVES.

Osondu agwuike! Who wan die?

Lwkmd .
190
I'm sure the remaining would run from sambisa.

Run for your life

They ran away from suicide mission.

Congratulations to those that absconded. Using stick
to counter the insurgents with sophisticated weapons.

police is your friend

They choose to be policemen not soldiers. If they bailed, it's their entitlement

Who want to die for the zoo called nigeria,




even your president wont die for nigeria if his death will make nigeria to be great.

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They know they are going to the north east

It can only get better, can't exclusively blame them, they know how much politicians can go to sacrifice their lives on the altar of politics and power.....

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If Na to worry boys dem go dey brave

Nigeria can never be one!
Wake up call to southerners especially Yoruba. stop sabotaging, let us unite for we need a referendum.

Who wants to die.....




Why won't they abscond when they see soldiers, trained warriors, being massacred daily by Boko Haram. Ordinary armed robbers, they can't face, not to talk of facing terrorists with superior weapons.

princeade86:
THEY RAN FOR THEIR DEAR LIVES.

Ko oju ma ribi?

Na by force to train
Is it your training
I no do again wetin

The moment Nigerians hear, I will lead from the front lol