{"id":58132,"date":"2024-12-17T09:49:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58132"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:49:57","slug":"npf-igp-egbetokun-bans-arrests-detentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/17\/npf-igp-egbetokun-bans-arrests-detentions\/","title":{"rendered":"NPF: IGP Egbetokun Bans Arrests, Detentions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an immediate cessation of arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, and the unauthorized collection or checking of citizens&#8217; phones by police officers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The directive, issued via a wireless message dated December 13, 2024, was addressed to all state commands and signed by the Department of Operations at Force Headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that officers who flout these orders, along with their supervising commissioners of police, will face disciplinary actions.<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes in response to growing public outrage over police misconduct and human rights abuses, which have repeatedly damaged the reputation of the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n<p>The directive also referenced the #EndSARS protests, cautioning against a repeat of the devastating aftermath caused by unchecked impunity, including the loss of lives and widespread destruction.<\/p>\n<p>The message stated: \u201cThere should be no unnecessary arrests or detention of youths. The collection or checking of phones at checkpoints must stop.<\/p>\n<p>These actions are tarnishing the image of the Nigeria Police Force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To ensure compliance, monitoring units will be deployed, and officers found violating the directive will be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>This move reflects the police leadership\u2019s commitment to addressing misconduct, restoring public trust, and upholding professionalism within the force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered an immediate cessation of arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, and the unauthorized collection or checking of citizens&#8217; phones by police officers nationwide. The directive, issued via a wireless message dated December 13, 2024, was addressed to all state commands and signed by the Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58134,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58132\/revisions\/58134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}