Adamu mentioned this while on a visit to Oyo State Police Command where he encouraged his men to return to their duties with courage and perform thier constitutional obligation.
Adamu encouraged policemen not to allow the killing of their colleagues by hoodlums and the destruction of police facilities to demoralise them, saying they are constitutionally obligated to protect Nigerian citizens while getting rid of Criminals from the country.
He however urged them to show maximum restraint in using their firearms but said they must use them if their lives were in danger or during a riot.
The IGP said, “Every Nigerian has their rights, they are called human rights, you too have your rights as human beings and you must protect your rights. Nobody will trample upon your right and go free in as much as you too protect the rights of other Nigerians. You are not supposed to be demoralized.
“Constitutionally, you have the duties to perform in this country, duties to protect lives and property and to fight crime. Therefore, no amount of insult, attacks should prevent you from performing your constitutional duties. We encourage you to go out there and perform your duties the way you were trained to do and you must be civil to members of society.
“Be courageous in doing your job and in the course of doing your job, if anything happens, we will stand by you. But never shy away from performing your duties. If you shy away from performing your duties it means the whole society will be in trouble, the criminals will come out.
“You were professional to the core in dealing with the protest. You showed maximum restraints and that was why we didn’t have a lot of casualties. So, thank you for that. If you have used your firearm, we would have got a lot of casualties and it would have been a different story. The whole world knows how professional we are.”
