You Better Stop Marrying Too Many Wives - Police IG Tells Officers

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has sounded words of advice to police officers who marry several wives, to desist from the polygamous act.

 

Solomon Arase

 

Nigeria's Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has advised both the officers and rank and file members of police in the country to desist from marrying more wives resulting into an enlarged family structure, Nigerian Tribune reports.

 

The police boss said this while addressing officers and men of Ekiti State Command, during his visit to the state on Friday morning.

 

Arase, who also inaugurated a housing scheme for police inspectors and rank and file members of the police force, charged that they should bear only the number of children they can cater for.

 

In his words: "Stop marrying too many wives. Bear only the number of children you can cater for. Some of you have wives in your commands but when you are transfered, you arrive in your new commands and marry another wife and start a new family there. This is mostly among the men and I think you should stop."

 

Responding on behalf of Ekiti State police command the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Etop John James, lamented dearth of personnel in the state.

 

He said enormous number of rank and file have been moved from Ekiti command without replacements and asked the IGP to make it a law that there won't be transfer unless a commensurate replacement is accompanying it.