The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, on Monday in London described the Police Mobile Force as the most bastardised and cannibalised outfit.
Ringim said in an interview with the Europe correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria that the unit was over-staffed. He noted that this informed the recent downsizing of the PMF.
Ringim, who was recently confirmed as the 15th indigenous IG, is in London on a three-day working visit with the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Adamu Waziri.
“In recent years, it has been the most bastardised and most cannibalised outfit; every rogue, vagabond, unauthorised person wants to be seen with a lorry load of riot policemen hanging around his entourage. We cannot afford that,” he said.
Ringim said the security of the country was not for private individuals alone, adding that every Nigerian was entitled to police protection. He said the police high command embarked on the downsizing of the PMF in order to audit its strength.
He noted that the downsizing was also aimed at posting riot policemen to appropriate operational bases at the various police stations.
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