The Inspector-General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU, has ordered Assistant Inspectors-General in charge of zonal commands and state Commissioners of Police to arrest, detain and dismiss from service any officer, who violates the rights of the citizens.

He stated that the errant operatives should also be charged after being indicted in an orderly room trial

The IG also directed the officers to compile recent cases of abuse of power and violation of rights of the citizens by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Special Tactical Squad, Intelligence Response Team, Anti-Cultism Squad and other teams, and forward them to his office not later than Friday

The letter further directed the CP X-Squad, Force Provost Marshall and IGP Monitoring Unit to immediately coordinate and deploy joint teams to enforce the order across all the 36 state commands and the Federal Capital Territory

ADAMU noted that no component of laws or international protocols authorized the unlawful killing or degrading treatment of fellow citizens.