Tinubu: I’ll withdraw police from VIPs if elected president

The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, has vowed to remove police officers from being security or orderlies for Very Important Personalities (VIPs) if elected as president in 2023.

Tinubu, who promised to reform the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) for efficiency, said the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) would be deployed as VIPs’ orderlies.

The APC presidential candidate said this in his 80-page manifesto obtained by The Star on Friday.

The two-term former governor of Lagos State further vowed to boost the public confidence in the police and other internal security agencies “by increasing recruitment and providing high-tech, non-lethal equipment with corresponding manpower development schemes.”

“Police reform will be focused on positioning the institution to better deliver on its primary duties of community policing and maintaining law and order through crime fighting and prevention.

“Police personnel will be freed from extraneous duties such as VIP security and guard duties. VIP Security and provision of security for government buildings, installations, and other critical assets will be transferred to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

“The NSCDC shall be evaluated and reformed to be better integrated with our internal security apparatus,” Tinubu stated.

The Star