In a bid to stop the criminality creeping into the ENDSARS protests in the country, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate nationwide deployment the Police Mobile Force.
Violence has broken out in some parts of the country by people believed to have infiltrated the youths protesting against police brutality.
Reacting to this on Tuesday, Adamu said in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, that parents should warn their children and wards against rioting.
It read, “The IGP has also ordered massive deployment of Police operatives to strengthen security around Correctional facilities nationwide.
“The orders are coming on the heels of increasing attacks including acts of arson and malicious damage to public and private facilities as recorded in some states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory.
“Consequently, the Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the FCT are to identify and isolate law-breakers from peaceful protesters; immediately arrest and diligently prosecute such perpetrators of violence in their respective Commands.
“The Inspector-General of Police calls on members of the public to avail the police with useful information that can lead to the re-arrest of the fleeing inmates, unlawfully released from Correctional facilities.”
