Insecurity: IGP orders deployment of more police personnel to bandit-hit areas

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has ordered the contiguous deployment of further constabulary personnel, operational vehicles and aerial enactment to states affected by banditry crossed the country.

Disu gave the directive connected Wednesday during the monthly league with strategical elder officers of the Nigeria Police Force, held astatine the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The constabulary main besides disclosed that the Force had arrested 611 suspects for assorted offences, including banditry, terrorism, equipped robbery, murder, kidnapping and cultism since its past conference.

According to him, the arrests comprised 218 suspected bandits and terrorists, 85 suspected equipped robbers, 129 execution and culpable homicide suspects, 59 suspected kidnappers and 120 suspected cultists.

He further revealed that constabulary operatives rescued 95 kidnapped victims, recovered 306 assorted firearms, 630 rounds of ammunition of antithetic calibres and 116 stolen vehicles wrong the play nether review.

While commending officers and men for their contributions to the operational successes, Disu acknowledged the sacrifices of unit who mislaid their lives successful the enactment of duty.

He disclosed that helium had directed the contiguous colony of outstanding decease benefits and entitlements owed to families o...