Acting
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday launched an operation
against kidnappers and other hoodlums who have terrorized Abuja-Kaduna
Expressway for months.
Under the operation titled ‘Operation Maximum Safety’,
the IGP is deploying 510 anti-riot policemen to be backed with 40 patrol
vehicles and armoured carriers, which will be deployed in dark spots and
vulnerable points along the road to checkmate notorious gangs of kidnappers and
other violent crimes.
Speaking at the flag off, the IG tasked the policemen to
curb all forms of crime and criminality around the area and provide security
for travellers and residents of surrounding communities.
Idris, who was
represented by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operation,
Habila Joshak, stated that criminals would not be allowed to take over any part
of the country.
He said that the government was worried about insecurity along
the highway, hence the decision to deploy the security personnel to ensure
security of lives and property. The IG called on the community leaders,
residents and youths to support the police with information, adding that the
operatives wee specially selected from different Mobile Police Force units for
the special operation.
He said assured the policemen that their welfare would
be taken care of, adding that Kaduna State government had offered to pay their
allowances and to fuel their patrol vehicles. His words, “We would regularly
review the template for providing security from time to time, we smoke out the
criminals, we are not going to spare or think twice about anyone who raises his
gun to fire at innocent citizens, we would not allow that hand to come down.
“I
say this with all sense of purpose, but we cannot achieve this without the
support of the community leaders, the people and the youth.” The AIG in charge
of zone 7, Abuja, Alkali Usman, admonished the police officers to carry out their
duties with all their heart and mind.
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