Lagos, Ogun Police Officers To Undergo Mental Evaluation

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Mental tests for armed policemen will be carried out by the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State.

The Assistant Inspector-General, Zone 2, Abdulmajid Ali, said that the test was to maintain standards in the handling of arms, and police activities in Lagos and Ogun, the states the zone covers.

Ali, who received the police medical team from Abuja, said the purpose of the visit was to perfect arrangements for the mental test exercise.

He emphasized that the test would assist in promoting principles of people-oriented policing as directed by the Inspector-General, Ibrahim Idris.

Units such as the Police Mobile Force and the Special Anti-Robbery Squads are to attend a workshop which will mark the beginning of the medical exercise,” he added.

The medical team, which comprised of experts and trained psychiatrists from the police medical department and Melville Healthcare Centre, Abuja, was led by the AIG Medical, Stella Akintade.