The Mopol 23 Federal Headquarters Annex in Lagos has said it will punish officers who support the strike proposed by some police officers.

In a police wireless message dated March 22 and obtained by FIJ, the Mopol 23 FHQ Annex Lagos said there would be a general fall-in on Saturday, the day of the planned protest.

The command asks all officers, except those on duty, to be at the venue because “any disobedience will be treated as the officer is a supporter of the planned strike by some members of the force and will attract severe disciplinary action”.

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In a letter dated March 15, the Nigeria Police Headquarters in Abuja had told all state commands they were aware some officers planned to embark on a strike over certain demands, and that they had taken active steps to have the demands met.  

“Intrep available to Ingenpol indicates some members of the rank and file are intending to embark on a strike over non-implementation of the new police salary structure…,” the letter reads in part.

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“Note that Ingenpol has since directed immediate computation of salary under the new structure.”

The police, in another wireless message sent to all police commands in the country on March 16, advised all officers to work hand-in-hand as the president had released a “huge sum for disbursement”.

For some time now, junior police officers have threatened industrial action. The officers condemned their poor salaries, lack of sophisticated weapons to fight crime, and the bad conditions of their barracks, among others.

The officers, who demand N100,000 minimum wage, ask why operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are better paid than them.