Police Deploy Special Forces To Fight Kidnappers, Bandits
Mohammed Adamu, Acting Inspector-General of Police, said the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had deployed special forces in the North-West to combat kidnappers and bandits.
Adamu made the disclosure while addressing members of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) on Wednesday in Katsina.
He said that the forces would attack the bandits in their camps, destroy the camps, arrest them and occupy the camps so that they would not return.
Adamu, therefore, solicited vital information about activities of criminals and bandits in their domains to enable the police continue to secure lives and property.
“The police are ready to meet the bandits and kidnappers in their hideouts in the forests and fight them.
“You should assist police with vital information about criminal activities in the society,” he said.
The police boss said that the force had been able to arrest those who kidnapped Gov. Aminu Masari’s mother-in-law about a month ago.
“Nobody will commit crime and go free,” he said.
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Abubakar also urged religious leaders and the public to intensify prayers to enable the police succeed in the fight against criminal acts in the country.
He said that such would assist the police in continuing to secure lives and property across in the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III in his palace in Gida Sarkin Musulmi, Sokoto, pledged his unalloyed support to the police and other security agencies.
The royal father made the pledge when the IGP, in the company of the governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; deputy governor of Sokoto State, Mannir Dan’iya and other top police officers and government functionaries paid him a courtesy visit.
While promising to use the platform of the Forum of Northern Traditional Rulers to rally support of all the traditional rulers from Northern Nigeria to fight armed banditry and other crimes in the region, the Sultan equally aligned himself with the IGP’s policy direction of using the tool of community policing and partnership to combat crime. The Sultan also urged Nigerians from all walks of life to support the police in the fight against all manner of crimes in the country.
Thereafter, the IGP visited the police headquarters in the state where he charged the officers and men of the command to up the ante in the fight against armed banditry and other crimes in the state, promising to do everything within his power to provide them with adequate working tools and healthy working environment.
Senators Upset By Insecurity In Zamfara, Ask FG To Allot N10bn To IDPs
Senators on Wednesday lamented the worsening insecurity situation in Zamfara State and asked the Federal Government to make provision for the sum of N10 billion in the 2019 appropriation as part of an intervention fund to cater for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other persons affected by the activities of armed bandits in Zamfara State.
This is even as President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, advocated state police as the antidote to the intractable phenomenon of banditry and other endemic criminal activities in the country.
The Senate also urged the Federal Government to set up an ad hoc committee to be known as the Presidential Initiatives on Zamfara State (PIZAMS), with a 10-year life span to manage the said fund and subsequent allocation/donations.
The lawmakers commended all Nigerians who, irrespective of cultural, religious, and tribal differences came out in large numbers to show solidarity with their brothers and sisters in Zamfara State.
The resolution of the Senate followed a motion by Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central) at the plenary on Wednesday.
Citing order 42 and 52 of the Senate rule, Marafa said humanitarian crisis was looming in Zamfara State if nothing was done to arrest the situation.
Leading debate on the motion, the lawmaker noted that the activities of armed bandits, cattle rustlers, and kidnappers in villages and communities have remained unabated.
He added that their activities have since 2011 resulted in the death of many people, in addition to creating tremendous humanitarian crisis including growing number of widows, rape victims, and orphans.
He said a conservative estimate of 11,000 male adults have been killed by armed bandits, leaving behind an average of 22,000 widows (at 2 wives/person) and an estimated 44,000 orphans (at an average of 4 children/deceased).
He said: “Owing to cultural and religious considerations, the burden of these widows, orphans, rape victims, and displaced persons are borne largely by close relatives, extended families and, sometimes, immediate neighbours who are now overstretched to a point they can no longer cope.
“These killings have brought untold hardship to several other families who have to squeeze and accommodate displaced persons and families; over stretching accommodation, scarce food items, clothing and others.
“The situation has got nothing to do with politics. Four weeks ago, my sister was brutally murdered. Last week, four people were kidnapped in Gusau, the state capital.”
Contributing, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who seconded the motion, said: “This must be a sober moment for all of us. This morning the newspapers put the number of death so far in Zamfara at 3000.
“We owe Marafa gratitude on the situation in Zamfara. I think Zamfara State people must celebrate Marafa for bringing the matter to the fore. We need to join the media to show concern for the people of Zamfara.
“The situation will get worse if it is not properly addressed. We must decentralise the police to tackle the insecurity challenges.”
He, however, called for the introduction of emergency rule in order to protect the people in line with section 305 of the constitution.
Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, who also spoke, said: “I support this important motion. I want us to be practical in our approach, people are losing their lives.”
Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba South) noted that “there must be proactive measures in order to get out of the problem. Now is time to tell Nigerians that their lives are in our hands, everything is not working.”
Others who supported the motion included Tijjani Kaura (Zamfara North), Emmanuel Paulker (Bayelsa Central), Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central), Mohammed Hassan (Yobe South), Deputy Leader, Bala Na’Allah, Binta Garba (Adamawa North), and Olusola Adeyeye (Osun Central).
Saraki applauded the senators for their contribution to the motion, stressing that there was need to give consideration to state police.
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