By Wasila Yakubu
The Nigeria Police Force has launched an investigation into businessman Linus Williams, popularly known as Blord, following the circulation of a video showing armed police officers providing him with personal security.
The police have questioned the legality of the officers' involvement, raising fresh concerns over compliance with government directives restricting the use of police personnel for VIP protection.
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, confirmed the investigation in a statement published on his official X account on Wednesday, describing the deployment as unlawful.
“Unlawful and illegal. Investigation has commenced into this incident please. We say #notoimpunity,” Iniedu stated.
The controversy followed a video Blord shared on Instagram on Tuesday, documenting his return to Enugu through the Akanu Ibiam International Airport.
In the footage, the businessman arrived in a black Cadillac with the personalised registration number “B-LORD”, accompanied by armed police officers wearing camouflage uniforms and tactical equipment.
The officers were seen providing security as he moved around the airport, escorting him to his vehicle and opening the door for him. Similar scenes appeared in other parts of the video, including what appeared to be his business premises.
Blord, who wore a red-and-white traditional cap associated with the Kwankwaso political movement, described his return to Enugu as a resumption of business activities.
In his caption, he explained that his journey involved a stop at the Enugu branch of BlordGroup before continuing to Awka, Anambra State.
In a separate Instagram update, the businessman also disclosed that he had visited Sabon Gari in Kano State, where he met people he described as his brothers, before travelling back to Enugu.
The police investigation comes against the backdrop of a presidential directive aimed at ending the deployment of police officers as personal guards to influential individuals.
President Bola Tinubu issued the order during a security meeting with service chiefs and the Director-General of the Department of State Services in Abuja on November 23, 2025.
Under the directive, police officers attached to VIPs were to be withdrawn and reassigned to essential policing responsibilities, particularly in communities experiencing security challenges.
Individuals requiring official protection were instead expected to receive armed personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The President's directive was intended to increase the number of police officers available for public safety and strengthen security operations across the country.
The Nigeria Police Force subsequently began enforcing the order, with a compliance operation launched in Lagos on December 6, 2025.
At the time, the then Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced that the exercise had recorded no incidents of unauthorised police escort deployment.
The latest investigation involving Blord is expected to establish the circumstances surrounding the presence of the armed officers and determine whether their deployment violated existing police regulations and the presidential directive.
Wasila Yakubu
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