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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspector-General
 of Police Mohammed Abubakar has allegedly ordered the arrest of 
policemen caught wearing their new camouflage all over the country.</b>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The directive is said to
 be in response to a petition written against Abubakar to the Presidency
 concerning the sale of the camouflage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Police source said on 
the condition of anonymity that violators were being arrested by the 
IG’s monitoring team and taken to Abuja.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The source said, “This 
incident began sometime last month when some concerned policemen wrote a
 petition to the Presidency concerning the sale of these camouflage 
uniforms. The camouflage, which is available at all police stores 
nationwide, were being sold at either N10,000 or N15,000 and then sewn 
for N5,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Normally when there is a
 new uniform, a set ought to be issued to every policeman free of 
charge. As a matter of fact, the Federal Government, last year, approved
 new camouflage uniforms not just for the police but also for the navy 
and army. While the military has gone ahead to issue these uniforms to 
their men, the NPF has yet to do same.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The PUNCH</i> had on 
March 14, 2012 reported the introduction of a new uniform for the police
 force as part of the FG’s reformation and image laundering agenda for 
the force.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abubakar reportedly described the new police camouflage as a testrun for the force as one of its operational outfits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The new police 
camouflage is cost effective; operationally durable; highly customised 
with security features to forestall impersonation and 
environmentally-friendly,” Abubakar had said then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was gathered that currently, the camouflage were only being worn by a select few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another source said the camouflage was initially meant for police officers from the rank of commissioners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He said, “Later, the 
camouflage came down to the assistant police commissioners, deputy 
police commissioners and some state police public relations officers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Eventually, some junior
 police officers started buying the uniforms and it is not as if this is
 a new trend. Policemen always buy and sew their uniforms including all 
other accoutrements.  The development caused some disaffection between 
the junior officers who had access to the uniforms and some senior 
officers who were yet to get them.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deputy Force Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a chief superintendent of police, dismissed the allegation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He said, “There is no 
iota of truth in that assumption or rumour. This uniform has come to 
stay and is an integral part of the force. Therefore, the IG cannot 
sanction the arrest of policemen who wear this uniform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“That would mean all CPs
 and every other person including the IG himself who wear the uniform 
would be arrested. If indeed the uniforms are being sold, what the IG 
monitoring team has been doing is going about as decoy to get anyone who
 would sell the camouflage uniforms to them. If such happens, then we 
would act appropriately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“There is no way the IG can order the arrest of policemen for doing the right thing.”</span></div>

Xclusive: IG Orders Arrest Of Policemen In Camouflage

Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar has allegedly ordered the arrest of policemen caught wearing their new camouflage all over...