THE Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed
to reposition the Nigeria Police operations, both at home and abroad.
Speaking at the commissioning of full complement of contingent-owned
equipment for Nigeria’s police unit in Somalia, the IGP disclosed that
the Nigeria Police would once again be in the front burner on the
policing strategy at home, with the view to ensuring the policing of
Nigerians in line with acceptable world standard.
The IGP, who was represented by the Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) Zone 2, Muhammed Shafe, said the event was another
important milestone in the present police administration’s resolve to
ensure peace and stability in the entire sub- African region and to
continually collaborate and support the efforts of the United Nations
(UN), African Union (AU) and Economic Communitiy of West African States
(ECOWAS), in ensuring that permanent peace returned to all the warring
states of the African continent.
The IGP regretted that before now, the issue police officers and men
going on peacekeeping operations through the formed police unit (FPU)
was being under equipment, but, “today you can all witness, that
question is a thing of the past.”
According to the director, peace keeping, Nigeria Police, DCP C.
Aderanti, the equipment deployed to the African mission in Somalia were
six armoured personnel carrier, 12 military patterned patrol vehicles,
one level one hospital fully equipped, two jeep ambulances, four
browsers, both fuel and water of not less than 10,000 litres each.
The Nigerian police also deployed formed police unit of 140 officers to sumalia.
Meanwhile, MANAGEMENT of the Nasarawa State Polytechnic and the state
Police Command are to partner to fight the recent increase in criminal
activities which has been causing sleepless nights for residents around
the institution.
Just as the police have reiterated their readiness to step up their
surveillance and information gathering mechanisms in the bid to ensure
that students and staff enjoyed a conducive atmosphere for learning.
Acting rector of the polytechnic, Mr Emmanuel Jatau, noted that those
involved in the criminal acts were not authentic students of the
institution, but were just individuals hiding under the umbrella of the
institution, perpetrating evil, and spoiling the good record of the
polytechnic.
According to him, both the management of the institution and the
police had unanimously agreed that the combined team of the police and
the institution’s security arm would work hand in hand to ensure that it
cleansed the polytechnic of the criminal acts.
The Nasarawa State Commissioner of police, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, who
said the command was disturbed by the high rate of cultism and other
criminal activities, promised to take proactive steps in curtailing the
menace in and outside the polytechnic community.
While noting that the issue of cultism was not strange to the
polytechnic, he explained that it was the wish of the command to ensure
that schools remained citadels of academic excellence and not a breeding
ground for criminals.
Nigerian Tribune NewsPaper
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