IG of Police orders allocation of 253 vehicles and kits to police officers

Instant distribution of additional batches of uniforms, kits, accoutrements and body armours to police Inspectors and other ranks has been ordered by Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police. He also ordered the allocation of 253 newly procured operational and emergency vehicles to police formations across zonal and state commands nationwide.

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, acting Force spokesmen, has said in a statement on Thursday that the IG directed that the items must get to every member of the inspectorate cadre and other ranks of the Force in furtherance of the police management’s zeal to boost the welfare of personnel and improve their condition of service.

“The vehicles, which are to be allocated to commands and formations, include 110 Land Cruiser Buffalo trucks, 33 IVM Carrier pick-up trucks, 37 Mikano pick-up trucks, 20 Nord Max trucks, 18 Mikano lorries, five Armoured Personnel Carriers, three Toyota Hiace ambulances, one Toyota Armoured Coaster bus and others. It stated.

“The Inspector General of Police assured of his administration’s commitment to sustaining the regular issuance of uniforms to police personnel, as well as his readiness to continually provide the needful and upgrade the operational capability of the Force at all levels to completely stamp out crimes and criminality in the country.”

Alkali Usman Baba was appointed on 6 April 2021 by the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari to replace Mohammed Adamu who retired from Nigeria Police Force in February 2021. Until his appointment as the IG of police, he was a deputy inspector-general of police, force criminal investigation department, force headquarters. The Police Council on Friday, June 4, 2021, confirmed the appointment of Alkali Usman Baba as the substantive Inspector General of Police.