Bauchi state governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, and the state police commissioner, Habu Sani Ahmadu, have promised to tackle security threats in the state.
They reiterated their commitment at a parley when the police commissioner paid a courtesy visit to Governor Abubakar on Sunday.
Speaking during the visit, CP Ahmadu said that he has already held a meeting with all his area commanders and other officers of the command in order to develop a security template to confront the emerging security challenges in Bauchi state.
According to him, the police in the state are reviewing their strategies to draw an action plan that will serve as performance assessment which he said will help a lot in achieving success.
He commended Governor Abubakar for the support he has been giving to the police to carry out their mandate in the state.
He also sought for continued government’s support to properly police the state which he said will guarantee peace and attract investors to the state especially with the ongoing oil exploration in the state.
While responding, Governor Abubakar welcome the new police commissioner to the state saying that Bauchi has transformed from a crisis-prone state to the most peaceful and secure state in the Northeast.
He said that the state has been enjoying relative peace with no serious incidence in the last four year.
He therefore called on the police and other security agencies to sharpen their intelligence gathering mechanism to suppress the activities of criminal elements trying to cause crisis in the state.
“I want you to be on the lookout for those engaged in Sara-Suka as we have sworn to secure our people and their property. We must do everything to eliminate them,” the governor said.
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