Photo Credit: Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun – TheNigerianvoice
2025-12-14
According to The Punch, Nigeria’s Chief Justice clarified that judges are exempt from a directive withdrawing police personnel attached to private individuals, as the government seeks to redeploy officers to frontline security duties.
The clarification aims to address concerns about judicial safety while broader police redeployment policies are implemented.
The Guardian Nigeria reported the CJN’s clarification and quoted that judges were exempted from the police-withdrawal order.
BusinessDay also reported the exemption and framed it as part of rationalising police deployments amid wider security pressures.
Analysis/Echotitbits take: This policy highlights a trade-off: protecting institutions of justice while trying to free up police manpower for the wider population. Watch for how enforcement is applied (who loses police details), whether private security regulation tightens, and whether there is pushback from influential beneficiaries of police escorts.
Source: The Punch — 14 Dec 2025 (https://punchng.com/judges-exempted-from-police-withdrawal-order-says-cjn/)
