Police deploy tactical units to tackle banditry in Katsina, Kaduna

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police successful complaint of Zone 14, Bello Shehu, has ordered a coordinated crackdown connected banditry and different convulsive crimes crossed Katsina and Kaduna states.

The directive was contained successful a connection issued connected Saturday successful Katsina by the Police Public Relations Officer of the zone, ASP Umar Muhammad.

According to the statement, the determination aligns with the operational strategy of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, aimed astatine proactively addressing rising information threats, peculiarly banditry.

Shehu directed Commissioners of Police successful the affected states to deploy specialised tactical units to asseverate operational dominance, dismantle transgression networks, and support a beardown and disposable beingness successful high-risk areas.

He besides instructed them to fortify inter-agency collaboration done associated operations with different information agencies to heighten quality sharing and guarantee swift responses to emerging threats.

“All tactical units person been placed connected reddish alert,” the connection said.

Officers person been mandated to prolong continuous patrols acr...