The Osun Police Command issued a stern warning yesterday to government officials, urging them to refrain from utilizing police officers assigned to them as domestic servants, News About Nigeria reports.
In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, it emphasized that police officers assigned to public servants have the primary responsibility of ensuring their safety, rather than serving as domestic aides.
It reads: “The Osun State Police Command is miffed with consternation the way and manner these personalities use police orderlies attached to them for domestic duties such as carrying handbags, umbrellas, the opening of Gate etc, and wish to state emphatically that the policemen attached to them are meant to protect their lives and property and not serve as domestic servants.
“The Command, therefore, warns police officers attached to these officials to stop carrying out or serving purposes other than protecting their principals from security threats, as such behaviour is highly unethical, and unprofessional and would attract appropriate sanctions against such erring police personnel.
“These categories of government officials are enjoined to employ the services of domestic staff/Personal Assistants to carry out such services.”
