Policemen warns that they are not allowed to go on strike as it will be considered mutiny

KEBBI State police commissioner Musa Baba has warned officers and men of his command that if any of them participates in the rumoured strike their actions will be considered is mutiny and disobedience of lawful order.

Over the last week, it has been rumoured that men of the Nigeria Police Force plan to embark on a nationwide strike to protest their working conditions. However, warning the men under his command that they had no sigh rights. Mr Baba told them to ignore all the talk about a strike and focus on their jobs,.

Mr Baba said: “Let me equally remind you that the police is a regimented organisation and any strike action by its members will be considered as mutiny and disobedience to lawful order with its consequences. Police work needs contribution of all and sundry as the security, which involves protection of peoples’ lives and properties, needs all and sundry’s blessing.

“The inspector-general of police, Alkali Baba-Usman, is working tirelessly to ensure that the welfare of members of rank and file is improved. The rumour of a strike you have been hearing going round is not coming from the Nigeria Police Force headquarters.

“Rather it is from mischief makers and unpatriotic Nigerians who are hell-bent on pulling down the morale and strength of our police officers. You are all aware that strike in the police is mutiny and police work is a work guided by discipline and law.

“Without protecting peoples’ lives and properties, society will be in chaotic and anarchical situation, which we are part and parcel of, as we are the people inhabiting the society. The inspector-general of police has now approved the distribution of kits and other equipment to all commands and formations in Nigeria in a drive to bolster security in the country,”

He assured this men that their welfare and all entitlements due to them would be improved and settled, hence the establishment of the Police Trust Fund. So far, there has been no strike action yet reported anywhere in the country.