Newly decorated Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, Tuesday, assured Nigerians of a level playing field ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Adamu who said the Police will do their jobs as professionals, added that “We are going to stick by the rules, we are going to do the right thing. We will not go outside the ethics of our job to do things that are untoward, everybody will be given level playing ground to play his or her politics.”
The new IGP stated this while briefing State House Correspondents shortly after he was decorated with his new ranks of IGP by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Adamu, who thanked the President for considering him worthy to be the next Inspector General of Police, said he will work to tackle the security challenges facing the nation.
“We know that there are security challenges that we need to tackle in the country. Issues of kidnapping, abduction and other security challenges. From the strategies put in place by the former IGP, we will restrategize and make sure that we tackle these challenges squarely.”
Speaking on what to expect during the elections, Adamu noted that he will work with the plans already put in place by his predecessor
“On the elections, you have heard from the former IGP, adequate arrangement has been made to make sure that free and fair and credible elections take place in Nigeria. We are going to build up on the strategies put in place to make sure that we have hitch-free elections in the country”
Former Inspector General of Police, Idris Abubakar on his part called on Nigerians to give support to the incoming IGP , adding that having attained the mandatory age of retirement, it is time his is allowed to rest.
“I want to inform Nigerians that today I am 60 years and I think I have reached the pinnacle of my career. So I am going to handover to my successor, the incoming inspector General of Police. He is an officer I know very well. We knew each other in the past, we have worked together and I wish him success.
“The advise I will give is that just like in our time, he should try to go round the country and adopt measures to ensure that the Nigerian Police Force give maximum protection to lives and property.
“I think so far under this government I think the Nigerian police force has been making a lot of effort to secure Nigerians.
“Obviously challenges in the area of recruitment, of course you aware that the government has just given us approval to recruit more people yearly, by the grace of God by this year the number of police officers is going to increase considerably.
“Obviously we are adequately prepared for the elections. We have carried out a lot of elections in this country and I think you will agree with me that the Nigeria police force tried in these elections. I am assuring Nigerians that the Nigeria police force are going to do their best in this coming elections.
