Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has promised to check extra judicial killings by police personnel in the country.

Idris made the promise when the Association of Eze Ndi Igbo ( Igbo traditional leaders in diaspora ) paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, assuring that they would not experience extra judicial killings in their various areas.

According to him, the Nigeria Police Force would ensure all cases of extra judicial killings were investigated, saying they will do everything possible to support the association by investigating all cases of extra judicial killings.

He urged members of the association to continue to give support to the police in their various communities for better service delivery, saying no police all over the world can succeed without partnership with members of the community.

Earlier, the President-General of the association, Boniface Ibekwe called for increased police presence in states where their members lived, soliciting for increased police security in states where extra judicial killings involving their people happened recently, with a view to forestall future occurrence.

Ibekwe assured Idris of the association’s continuos cooperation with commissioners of police in their respective states, saying the formation of eminent persons forum by the police has enhanced operations of police personnel at the various commands.

He commended the police boss for his initiative for putting in place police and community relations strategy for effective policing in the country.