The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Thursday said 46 bandits have been arrested and ten killed since the commencement of Operation Puff Adder on 5th April 2019.
Adamu who disclosed this at the Force Headquarters in Abuja during a meeting with Commissioners of Police (CP) and above, said two victims have been safely rescued.
He said eighteen firearms were recovered during the operation comprising of nine AK 47 rifles and nine locally fabricated rifles.
He explained that the meeting will review the progress made by the recently launched Operation Puff Adder as a short-term operational response to the resurgence of kidnapping, armed robbery, armed banditry.
He said Operation Puff Adder was conceptualized to address in the shortest possible time the threat of kidnapping, armed robbery and armed banditry in Kogi, Niger, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Katsina States, the FCT.
He said in order to achieve its mandate the Police must constantly review law enforcement strategies and re-order policing priorities towards stemming the tide of crime.
He said, “Your professional competence is measured by your capacity to dissect the trends and patterns of crimes within your area of jurisdiction, develop and modify crime management strategies and deploy your human and material assets towards achieving a stable security order.”
He said, “While some of you have demonstrated a very high and commendable level of professional competence which has manifested in the moderation of crimes in your commands.”
“Unfortunately, the professional proficiency and sense of commitment to duty of some others are being called to question in the face of an inappropriate response to threats of crimes in their jurisdictions.
“The current security realities in the country have made this trend intolerable.
“I charge you all, as you return to your various commands, to renew your sense of commitment to duty and demonstrate requisite professional leadership needed to roll-back the current unacceptable trend of crimes in your commands.
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