The Inspector General Police, has ordered
that all police personnel who carry fire arms must undergo psychological test
and evaluation, to ensure that they are mentally
and emotionally fit to perform their duties.
The IGP explained that the test was
necessitated by recent incidents of extrajudicial killings by some police personnel.
He noted that the exercise
is aimed at eliminating cases of irregularities in handling of weapons by
Policemen, as well as protecting the public whom the Police has the
constitutional duty to serve, and not to continue killing innocent and
law-abiding citizens.
The IGP disclosed that the
central purpose of this exercise is to offer mental health recommendations that
can help restore an officer to job fitness and deploy such Policeman to
appropriate section he/she is fit to work.
The tests would be conducted
by all Police medical doctors across Nigeria every three months.
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