The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, on
Tuesday visited Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to commiserate with him over the
devastation in the state in the aftermath of #EndSARS violence.
The IGP also urged policemen not to be discouraged as a result
of attacks on them and police stations.
Speaking with newsmen at the State House, Marina, after
visiting the governor, the IGP said the policemen should see what happened to
them as part of the risks in the job.
Adamu said the morale of men of Nigeria police is down but
encouraged them not to be demoralised by the ugly incident.
“Lagos seems to be the epicentre where the incidents took
place. The amount of destruction is more in Lagos than any other state. I am
here to commiserate with the governor of Lagos State and the people of the
state on the amount of destruction to public property and private businesses.
“My visit is also to see the Police stations that were
destroyed and talk to officers and men of the Nigerian Police and encourage
them not to be demoralised by events that took place where they were attacked
and police stations destroyed,” he said.
According to Adamu, “they are specially trained to take this
kind of risks because by the nature of police job, they are exposed to this
type of risk. Now that this has happened, it shouldn’t discourage us from
performing our constitutional duties. The morale of some of them have been
dampened so the visit is to encourage them not to to be discouraged but come
out to protect lives and property.
“Apart of the police stations destroyed, private businesses
were destroyed even the palace of Oba of Lagos was destroyed. I would urge the
citizens any time you want to undertake a peaceful protest, it’s important to
set up a protocol in order not to allow miscreants to hijack the protest. The
moment you allowed that, the intent of the protest will be defeated as in the
case of this peaceful protest we witnessed.
“No nation will be
able to bear the loss like we see in Lagos. Even it will take a long time.”
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