IGP warns spy police to stop wearing police uniform
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigeria Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has given Jan. 1, 2016 as the deadline for Supernumerary Police (SPY) to stop wearing police uniform.
Mr Arase gave this order in a statement issued by the Force Acting Spokesperson, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Thursday.
The statement reads in part: “The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed companies using Supernumerary Police (SPY) nationwide to stop the use of Police uniform for their operations on or before Jan. 1, 2016”.
The measure, according to the statement, was part of his administration’s renewed crime fighting strategy aimed at curtailing activities of criminally minded persons.
It stated further that Arase had approved the use of a newly designed grey and black trouser as the new uniform to be worn by spy police officers nationwide.
