The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is well respected globally, the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has said.
Adejobi made this remark while responding to inquiries over the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State.
His remarks about the IGP by Adejobi comes hours after violence erupted in the state over the conduct and outcome of the Local Government elections which took place on Saturday, October 5.
Recall that the Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara had accused the IGP of working with individuals to destabilise the conduct of the LG polls.
This led to the withdrawal of police officers by the IGP from the state prior to the election with personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps being in charge of security in the state.
Although the president had ordered the IGP to redeploy the officers back to the state to maintain law and order in the state, the FPRO said Fubara’s outburst and verbal attack on the person of the IGP were unnecessary.
His words, “For the avoidance of doubts, the general public is free to profile the career journey of the Inspector-General of Police, and his track record in every place he has served, which undoubtedly show him as a man of honor, integrity and focus before and after his assumption of office as the 22nd Indigenous Inspector General of Police of Nigeria.”
He added that Egbetokun is well respected among his colleagues in the Association of Chiefs of Police, World Wide.
He added that in Africa where the IGP currently serving as the Chairman of the West African Police Chiefs Committee (WAPCCO), he provides meritorious leadership within the West African Chiefs of Police.
Further for calling for some decorum in Nigerian political arena, Adejobi said the Nigeria Police does not intend to engage in any form of media tussle or war with the person of the governor of Rivers State.