The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has raised the alarm that “Rogue criminal elements” are targeting schools, hospitals and other critical national infrastructure to instill fear in the hearts of Nigerians.
The IGP, according to a statement yesterday by the Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, directed all Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to deploy water-tight security arrangements to hospitals, schools and other critical national infrastructure in their domains. He gave the directive while reviewing the general security situation of the nation via reports from commands and formations across the country.
He ordered the CPs to ensure regular patrols, stop-and-search, raids and show-of-force by tactical commanders to clamp down “On pockets of crime and criminality being recorded in some states of the federation.”
He also charged the strategic police managers at various levels to prioritise the use of intelligence gathering networks, particularly traditional and local intelligence, to locate criminal hideouts and flush them out before they strike.
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