Police Escorts Withdrawn From VIPs in Kwara

Police escorts withdrawn from VIPs in Kwara

There is massive withdrawal of police escorts protecting very important personalities, VIPs, in Kwara State, DAILY POST reports. The exercise is in compliance with the order issued by President Bola Tinubu to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun. Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, disclosed this in a chat with DAILY POST in Ilorin on Sunday. He said “the compliance is massive”, adding that no defaulters have been ar…

Why Previous Efforts To Withdraw Police Officers From VIPs Failed

Former Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba explained that the previous attempts to withdraw police officers from Very Important Persons failed because the directives were issued by police chiefs rather than by the President. Baba, while speaking on Saturday in Abuja at the launch of his biographies, “Giant Footprints and A Policeman Personified”, expressed strong optimism […] The post Why Previous Efforts To Withdraw Police Officers From VIPs…

REC Ten separate periods authorities pulled police security from high-profile persons

The order to strip very important persons of police escorts has resurfaced again, adding to a long list of similar directives that have shaped Nigeria’s security landscape over the past two decades.

Presidential Escort Ban: Police Report Full Compliance In Lagos Monitoring

The Nigeria Police Force says it has recorded a high level of compliance with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive prohibiting the use of police personnel for VIP escort and guard duties. According to a statement issued by Force Public Relations Officer CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Force Headquarters deployed a special enforcement team to Lagos on Saturday, 6 December 2025, to ensure adherence to the directive. The operation, which began around…

Nigeria Police Deploys Special Team To Enforce Ban On VIP Escorts

The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a Special Enforcement Team to ensure full compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive prohibiting police personnel from providing escort and guard duties for Very Important Persons (VIPs). In a statement on Saturday via the Force’s X handle, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the team began a statewide monitoring operation in Lagos on December 6, 2025, starting at around 10:00 …

Police begin hunting for defiant officers still serving VIPs, establish special task force

Police began enforcing President Tinubu’s order withdrawing VIP escorts, monitoring key locations and reporting full compliance during the first phase of checks.