Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba, today said the welfare of officers and men is being taken care of like never before, saying they must not commit suicide by being unprofessional”.

He said this when he visited, addressing officers and men of the Lagos State Police Command and other police formations in the State, at the Command Headquarters Ikeja-Lagos.

The Inspector-General of Police lectured a cross section of Police personnel on proper dressing, efficiency, discipline, commitment to duties and uphoding the core values of the Nigeria Police Force.

He charged them to be alive to their duties and protect their lives and property, noting that “never again should your Police Stations be sacked by hoodlums wielding guns, sticks and matchetes”.

Baba despite the heavy rain in Lagos, engaged the personnel in a tete-a-tete to brainstorm on their general well-being and betterment of the Nigeria Police Force.

He promised to release some crime fighting equipment to the Lagos State Police Command in order to boost its arsenal and promote public safety in Lagos State.

Baba promised to embark of empowerment programmes for the wives of officers and men in the Nigeria Police, such that their wives will not be solely dependent on them.

The IGP who is on 3 day working visit to Lagos, will continue his assignments in Lagos State tomorrow Thursday and departs the state to Abuja on Friday.

In another development, the Command wishes to refute the fake news being peddled in the social media today, that the IGP was booed in Lagos on arrival.

The publication is false, baseless and mischievous as the Inspector-General of Police was never booed, rather he was warmly received and celebrated by Lagosians.

The Command therefore urges the general public to disregard the fake new and continually support the Nigeria Police as ever, as the new leadership of the Nigeria Police Force, under the command of the 21st indigenous Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, is committed to improving the general security of lives and property in Lagos State and Nigeria at large.