IGP warned the police officer not to embark on their strike.

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba has warned that the police force will not condone any act of indiscipline and that any person or group of persons caught making inciting statements in the force will not only be punished internally, but will also be made to face the wrath of law.

In a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Thursday in Abuja, said that the IGP has ordered all zonal Assistant Inspectors General, AIGs, and Command Commissioners to strictly monitor the activities of their personnel following the threat of a strike by the rank and file of the Nigeria Police Force.



Some police inspectors had met and demanded the release of the third batch of the “ASCON ASP Promotion Course”, which they said was “supposed to have commenced at the Police Staff College, Jos since January 2012 but was put on hold by the former IGP, Mohammed Abubakar despite a directive from the Police Service Commission to release the batch for the course.”

The communiqué, signed by Inspector James Baba, Sergeant Philip Adeojo and Pat Raphael, also called on the police authorities and the IG to pay the backlog of promotion allowances and arrears of the rank and file since 2013 to date.
It also urged the IG to address the issue of distribution of uniforms among others within two weeks to avoid a nationwide strike.

Abba charged members of the Inspectorate as well as the rank and file of the Force to remain resolute in pursuit of their statutory duties, saying his management team is bent on ensuring that they get their welfare entitlements as and when due.

Strike in the Nigerian Police Force is seen as mutiny, and since 2002, the rank and file of the force have often threatened to embark on industrial action, with the threat becoming more often since April 1, 2012 when some policemen actually downed tools.

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