Ahead of election, Police conclude plans to withdraw security aides of all VIPs

The Nigeria Police Force has concluded plans to withdraw officers attached to ‘Very Important Persons’ in preparation for the forthcoming elections.

ACP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, made this known in an interview the Punch Newspaper.

He said politicians would be affected by the recall because the force needs every officer to maintain peace and security at the coming elections.

“The withdrawal of policemen is going to cut across all borders, including politicians, party chairmen, state commissioners and businessmen. It will affect everyone that has policemen attached to them.

"There are two basic rationales for the withdrawal of policemen; One, we need all hands on deck for the purpose of securing the electoral process.

“Number two, we also need to be proactive in ensuring that unscrupulous people do not hide under the cover of security or policemen providing security to create problems during the elections. These are some of the reasons we need to mop up as many policemen as possible,” he said.