Video: Police show high compliance with presidential ban on VIP escort duties

Abdullateef Fowewe

The Nigeria Police Force has demonstrated a strong commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s directive prohibiting police involvement in VIP escort and guard duties, according to a statement released Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin.

Video: Police shows high compliance with presidential ban on VIP escort duties

“On 6th December 2025, commencing at about 1000 hours, the enforcement team carried out an extensive monitoring exercise across key locations in Lagos State,including the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge and Murtala Muhammed International Airport,” the statement says.

Hundeyin noted that the monitoring found “a satisfactory and commendable level of compliance by officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force,” with “no case of unauthorised deployment of police personnel for VIP escort duties and consequently, no arrest was made.”

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, in the statement emphasised the Force’s dedication to the directive, stating, “The Nigeria Police Force remains resolute in redeploying its personnel to core policing duties aimed at enhancing general security, crime prevention, and protection of lives and property across the country.”

The Force assured the public it will continue to enforce the policy “without fear or favour” and called for ongoing public support to foster a “more professional, efficient, and citizen-centered policing system.”