By Salim Yunusa
The newly Acting Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Satellite Offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt over complaints of harassment and operating beyond their briefs by Nigerians.
Alkali Baba, while speaking at his maiden meeting with Command Police Commissioners and zonal AIGs, in Abuja said the IGP Monitoring Units will be re-organised again.
The Police Service Commission had earlier asked the IGP to check the proliferation of police investigating units complaining that the units were bringing huge embarrassments to the force.
The Chairman of the commission, Musiliu Smith, said there must be proper and close monitoring of police investigative units to stem the maltreatment its officials committed in the line of duty.
However, the retired IGP had also stressed the need to quickly treat cases of misconduct by the officers so that those found guilty should face the consequences of their actions.
