- The statement further instructed that all officers below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) are to immediately disconnect ACs and refrigerators from their offices
The Edo State Police Command has issued a directive prohibiting officers below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police from using air-conditioning units or refrigerators in their offices.
The directive, dated June 6, 2024, was contained in a circular that applies to all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) across the state.
The statement further instructed that all officers below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) are to immediately disconnect ACs and refrigerators from their offices.
“POLICE WIRELESS MAGE 0:101300/06/2024
FROM: COMPOL DOPS BENIN
TO: TACTICAL TEAMS ICFO/PROVPOL/DRP COMMANDER SUPIC
INFO: COMPOL ‘DFA’ BENIN/DECOMPOL ACPOL X-SQUAD
CB:4001/EDS/DOPS/VOL36/4 ORDER DIRECTIVES X COMPOL
DFA HAS DIRECTED X WITH IXAMEDI ABOVE THE RANK OF ASSISTY EFFECT X ONLY OFFICERS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (ACP) X ARE TO USE AIR CONDITIONER (AC) AND REFRIGERATORS IN THEIR OFFICES X HE THEREFORE WARN ALL OFFICER BELOW THE RANK OF AC TO IMMEDIATE DISCONNECT ACS/FRIDGES FROM THEIR OFFICES X AS X ENSURE STI CAUGHT WILL BE SEVERELY SANCTIONED COMPLIANCE PLEASE”.
When the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Edo State Command, Chidi Nwabuzo was contacted, he said the circular was “strictly an internal matter.”
He said, “Please that is not a news item, it is purely an internal item. What is newsworthy about the circular?”