Operation handshake in Benue will flush out border criminals – Gov Alia

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has thrown his value down the Nigeria Police Force’s recently introduced Operation Handshake Patrol, describing it arsenic a strategical inaugural that volition fortify information crossed borderline communities and destruct transgression hideouts.

Governor Alia said the initiative, introduced by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, would amended information surveillance successful borderline areas by allowing information unit to prosecute criminals crossed authorities boundaries without jurisdictional limitations.

According to the governor, the cognition is expected to extremity the signifier of criminals escaping into neighbouring states aft carrying retired attacks, stressing that determined and coordinated information efforts would contradict offenders harmless havens.

He besides reaffirmed his administration’s committedness to supporting information agencies with the resources needed to support bid and support lives and spot crossed Benue State.

Alia’s endorsement followed a associated information gathering held past Thursday astatine the Ankpa Local Government Conference Hall, wherever the Commissioners of Police for Benue and Kogi states officially launched the Operation Handshake Patrol Taskforce.

The taskforce was established to heighten information collaboration betwixt the 2 states and safeguard residents surviving successful borderline communities.

Benue State Commissioner of Police, Cletus ...