President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that police operatives attached to Very Important Persons across the country be withdrawn and reassigned to frontline policing duties to strengthen security nationwide.
The announcement was made in a statement issued on Sunday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, after a security briefing held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Under the new arrangement, VIPs in need of escorts will be required to seek armed protection from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, while police personnel previously deployed to such assignments will return to stations and communities where manpower shortages have hampered effective policing.
At the meeting where the directive was given, top security chiefs were present, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Waidi Shaibu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke; Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Adeola Ajayi.
The Presidency explained that several rural areas remain without adequate police presence, a gap the new deployment policy aims to address as part of broader efforts to confront rising security threats.
To support the initiative, President Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 30,000 new police officers and is working with state governments to modernise and expand training facilities across the country.
Onanuga said the President’s directive underscores his commitment to restoring police visibility and enhancing the capacity of security agencies to respond swiftly to emergencies.
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