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The police hierarchy expressed concerns that such impunity and misconduct could reignite public outrage, citing the events of the 2020 #EndSARS protests, which escalated into widespread destruction of properties and loss of lives.
The letter, signed by the Department of Operations at the Force Headquarters, was obtained by WeedaysRrporters
Egbetokun warned that police commissioners and supervisors of commands where such activities occur would also be held accountable alongside the offending officers.
The message with DTO: 111996/ and Ref: CB:0900/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.TIO/157 was titled: Order and Directives: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention.
It partly read: “Arbitrary arrest x detention x nigpol dcps abuja directs x henceforth x there should be no unnecessary arrest and detention of youths x collecting of phones x checking of phones x at checking points x these should stop x this attitude is portraying the nigeria police force in bad image x all these culminated to end-sars protest x destruction of properties x killing in the past x nigpol dops directs you desist from such unlawful acts x anyone caught will be discipline along with commands compols/supervisors as ingenpol will deploy monitoring units for enforcement of this directives x treat as very important.”
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