- Police Officers Reportedly Return To VIP Duties Despite Withdrawal Order.
- Officials confirm gradual reassignment of personnel to former VIP posts.
- Tinubu’s security reforms face early pushback as escorts reappear.
The directive ordering police officers to withdraw from providing security for VIPs appears to be losing grip, as multiple insiders have revealed that many officers have quietly resumed their duties with prominent individuals.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a senior police source who spoke to Punch on condition of anonymity confirmed that several officers had already returned to their VIP assignments. “Those on VIP duties are returning. I saw some of them today. In my office, two of them are back. This time around, I think the directive will be effective with what I have seen on the ground,” the source said.
Another police official, also speaking anonymously, explained that officers are gradually being reassigned to their former posts, although details of the VIPs involved remain unclear. “Officers are being reassigned to their previous duties gradually. I don’t know the VIPs they were withdrawn from, but our colleagues are returning,” the official added.
Findings show that several political figures were among those affected by the withdrawal directive, including former SDP presidential candidate Prince Adewole Adebayo and suspended PDP National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu. At a high-profile meeting in Abuja’s Central Business District on Thursday morning, Adebayo appeared with personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and armed private guards dressed in black.
President Bola Tinubu had earlier ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel attached to Very Important Persons across the country as part of broader reforms in security deployment. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga announced the directive on Sunday, noting that it followed resolutions reached during a high-level security meeting with Service Chiefs in Abuja.
