The warning was contained in a police wireless message with DTO: 111996/ and Ref: CB:0900/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.TIO/157, titled: Order and directives: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention’, dated December 13, 2024, and addressed to all the state commands.
In the letter signed by the Department of Operations for the Force Headquarters, Egbetokun stated that such impunity and unlawful attitudes are portraying the Nigeria Police Force in bad light.