Onyedi Gabriel, Port Harcourt
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, has disbanded the IGP Monitoring Satellite Offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt following complaints of harassment and and human rights abuses by members of the unit.
The unit was also accused of operating beyond its briefs by Nigerians.
Speaking at his maiden meeting with Command Police Commissioners and zonal AIGs, in Abuja on Thursday, Baba promised to reorganised the IGP Monitoring Units.
The development came 24 hours after the Police Service Commission asked the IGP to check the proliferation of police investigating units.
The commission saidthe units were bringing huge embarrassments to the force.
The commission Chairman, Musiliu Smith, said there must be proper and close monitoring of police investigative units to stem the atrocities its officials committed in the line of duty.