Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Monday paid a courtesy visit to Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, over recent cases of extra-judicial killings in the state.
The police chief assured that all the affected officers would be charged to court and made to face the wrath of the law.
Speaking at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, the IGP said the affected officers have already been arrested and tried internally, but that they would also face criminal prosecution for such act, which according to him, was against ethics of the Force.
“I came to pay a courtesy visit to the Governor because I am in Lagos State to see the officers and men of the Nigerian Police. I came to talk to them on good behaviour and to remind them of ethics of the job. We are to serve members of the public; we are not their masters, we are their servants,” Adamu said.
He added that “the officers and men in Lagos State have been doing a lot of good job in fighting crime and they have been succeeding but the acts of few officers out of many in Lagos State are denting the good works that others have done.”
He also commended Ambode for the support to police and other security agencies in the state.
In response, Ambode commended the IG for promptly addressing the extra-judicial killings in the state personally despite his responsibilities across the country.
“I empathise with the IG because last week, he was in Zamfara; today he is in Lagos and tomorrow he would be in other places. Policing Nigeria is a big challenge but again he is up to the task and we wish him well in his assignment,” Ambode said.
