The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has disbanded multiple crime squads in different states nationwide, saying the squads have become inefficient...

According to the IG, a radical overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force for optimal performance in the 2011 general elections has begun.

The IG said this at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday during the decoration of 12 Commissioners of Police with their new rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police.

He said a review of the police supervisory mechanism to ensure professionalism and the enforcement of best practices had become imperative..

Units affected by the sweeping changes are the Mobile Police, Anti-Robbery Squad, Highway Patrol, Border Patrol and Surveillance and Intelligence Unit.

The squads include Rapid Respond Squad in Lagos, Swift Operations, Rivers, Operation Abefele in Oyo.

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