Security personnel attached to the Presidential Villa have been warned against all forms of extortion.
The Chief Security Officer to President Muhammadu Buhari, Auwal Maikano, who handed down the warning via a circular noted that some security personnel have been conducting themselves in an unprofessional manner.
He therefore, directed that escorting and hanging around visiting Governors, VIPs and ministers must stop forthwith.
Maikano, in a circular, C-in C/CSO/LTU/561, added that his office had “constituted a committee to discreetly monitor the activities of all security personnel working in the Presidential Villa”.
He stated further that he “has observed with dismay the unprofessional conduct of some officers and men of the security department working in the Presidential Villa.
“These disturbing acts such as pestering, escorting and hanging around important dignitaries such as governors, ministers coming to the Villa must stop.”
