Panic Hits Police Barracks After Officers Get Quit Notice

Nearly 60 policemen and their families living in barracks belonging to the Lagos state railway police command have been given notice to quit the facility.

Jericho Barracks Insert: A copy of the eviction letter / Photo credit: Punch

According to Punch Metro, three police barracks attached to the railway police station, Iddo, have already been served the notice, while other barracks were due to get the notice later.

Fifty-four families staying in the five blocks have been served the notice.

It was gathered that the officers have been given a deadline of September 30 to take their families and leave.

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The letter read in part: “From Supol Trackpol Iddo, to the occupants of Railway Police Barrack, Block A and B Botanical Gardens Barracks, Oyingbo, Compol Trackpol, Lagos Eb. You are hereby directed by this directive, given 60 days to vacate the room you are occupying. The effective date is from 31/07/2015 to 30/09/2015. You are warned to please comply.”

A police inspector who was among those affected complained that the evacuation was unfair, as there was no convincing reason stated in the letter.

The Punch’s correspondent learnt that the barracks concerned served only the rank-and-file in the police.

Another police sergeant who was also affected, said the shops attached to the barracks, which were formerly being used by wives of policemen, had earlier been commercialised, and the women sent out.

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Pius Imue, the commissioner of police in the Lagos state railway police command, who confirmed that the notice was sent out, said only three categories of people were affected.

He said: “This is an internal police arrangement, so how does it concern the press? Anyway, the letters served concerned only three groups of people; retired policemen who are still staying in the barracks; the civilians staying in the barracks; and the officers serving outside Lagos State.”

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