The Inspector-General of Police, Dr Kayode Egbetokun, said on Friday that any assault on any police personnel was criminal, stressing that it would no longer be tolerated going forward.

Egbetokun stated this in Enugu while addressing officers and men of Enugu State Police Command during his two-day working visit to the command.

“We will not tolerate any assault on our police officers; not to talk of killing police personnel. An assault on any police personnel is criminal and an assault on me, the IGP,” he said.

“For 2025, we are not going to take any kind of assault on our personnel and not talk of killing any of them.

“Anywhere there is assault or killing of any policeman, you all must respond commensurately and appropriately. We will not tolerate it anymore.”

The IGP assured that there would be massive training and retraining of police personnel across commands, formations, squads, and units in 2025.

“We are aiming at professionalism, discipline and competency this year through training and retraining of personnel,” he said.

Egbetokun said that President Bola Tinubu was committed to the welfare and well-being of police personnel.

He noted that Tinubu always acknowledged the sacrifices police officers and men are putting to ensure security nationwide.

“President Tinubu is personally making a robust welfare package for police personnel, which I know will take care of all our welfare worries and concerns,” he said.

“However, it will remain internal with the police and not for public or press consumption,” he said.

He said he had been receiving good reports about the Enugu State Police Command, especially in their operations and the residents’ support.

Egbetokun noted that in 2025 the police would stamp out criminals in the state, those that had been chased away would not return and the headquarters would support the Command with all necessary resources.

“You are going to record more achievements this 2025 when we start giving additional support to the Command,” he said.

Earlier, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, appreciated the IGP for the official working visit and his fatherly support to the state Command and its formations, squads, and units.

Uzuegbu, who reeled out the Command’s achievement in 2024, appealed to the IGP for more personnel, arms and ammunition, operational vehicles, and Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) among others.

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