Police debunk alleged strike plot by personnel

• Say force won’t revolt as IGP assures officers on pay rise full implementation

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has described an alleged strike by its personnel as fake and mischievous rumour. It said that the news was an attempt to discredit the Police and misinform the public.

Recall that some news media alleged that some angry members of the Police have vowed to embark on strike action from March 26 in protest of no non-implementation of the proposed salary increment ordered by President Buhari.

Responding to the claim, the NPF in a statement by Force Public Relation Office, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday night, noted that police officers are fully aware that a strike action or other deliberate disruption of law enforcement services by any security organization is mutiny, The Trumpet gathered.

The statement reads, “The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a news making the rounds on social media alleging that some members of the Force will be embarking on a strike action with effect from March 26, 2022.

“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state unequivocally that the alleged publication is fake and a mischievous attempt by unscrupulous individuals to bring the Force to disrepute, misinform the general public and heat up the polity.

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“It is pertinent to restate that the Nigeria Police Force is a regimented and disciplined organization with laid down rules and guidelines for addressing grievances and in no circumstance is a strike action one of such means.

“The men and women of the Nigeria Police Force are fully aware that a strike action or other deliberate disruption of law enforcement services by any security organization is mutinous and the personnel of the Force would not degenerate at any point to that level of disloyalty and indiscipline, as policing services are paramount and essential in the maintenance of orderliness and peace in the nation.”

It further assured all officers that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba is working tirelessly to ensure the full implementation of the proposed salary increment by the President Muhammadu Buhari led government.