Police escort for convicted ex-PMs shall remain until appeal process exhausted - IGP

Should former prime ministers be convicted for a crime, their police escort privileges will remain until they have exhausted the appeal process.

This was confirmed by Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.

“For any former prime ministers who are facing legal action, the police will maintain their eligibility for security escort and traffic escort services until the courts finalise their appeal process,” he said in a statement today.