The Presidency has appealed to Nigerians to actively assist in monitoring and enforcing President Bola Tinubu’s order to recall police officers attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs).
During a Sunday interview on TVC, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Daniel Bwala, stressed the administration’s resolve to implement the directive and asked citizens to document any non-compliance.
Bwala specifically urged the public to provide evidence of violations: “If you identify a celebrity, a private sector person, or any individual who has police against the executive order of the president, as much as you can, capture evidence, whether a photograph or video.”
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The Special Adviser, however, clarified that the withdrawal is not absolute for government officials. “The order of the president to withdraw police from VIPs is not all-encompassing. There are critical people in government who will still have one form of security or another,” he explained.
He noted that protection for such individuals would be provided by other agencies, stating, “It could be SSS (State Security Service), Civil Defence, and not the police who will be there to help you. But police have no business being with you.”
This move aligns with the administration’s wider efforts to rationalize police resources so the force can concentrate on its core mandate of ensuring public safety instead of VIP protection.
