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IGP orders immediate redeployment of police officers attached to Aso Rock
The Inspector-General of Police has approved the demobilisation of officers attached to No. 24 police mobile force (PMF) presidential escort at the State House in Abuja, with immediate redeployment to state commands nationwide.
A police signal dated December 16, 2025, and referenced CH:5660/WEL/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.96, directed senior formations to effect the movement of the affected officers without delay.
The signal was issued by the department of finance and administration (welfare) at force headquarters, Abuja.
It was addressed to the deputy inspector-general of police in charge of operations, assistant inspectors-general overseeing PMF and zonal commands, and commissioners of police across the country.
The directive confirmed that the officers affected were those deployed for close protection duties at the presidential villa.
The officers are to return from Abuja to their respective state commands, including Adamawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, and the federal capital territory.
Other commands receiving redeployed officers include Imo, Jigawa, Kogi, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, and Yobe.
The signal also indicated redeployments to police zones, including zones 1 (Kano), 3 (Yola), and 7 (Abuja).
Copies of the directive were sent to the chief personal security officer to the president, the commander of No. 24 PMF Abuja, and police formations across several state capitals.
The redeployment follows President Bola Tinubu’s directive in November ordering the withdrawal of police officers from VIP escort and guard duties.
Tinubu had directed that the officers be reassigned to core policing duties amid rising insecurity across the country.
The directive has triggered enforcement measures, including the deployment of special police teams to monitor compliance and the assignment of civil defence officers to replace withdrawn escorts.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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