Take Fight to Kidnappers, New FCT Boss Orders Area Commanders, DPOs

*Tasks heads of tactical units, orders clampdown on unregistered vehicles

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja

The new Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, CP Benneth Igweh, weekend, ordered Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to take the fight to kidnappers even as he ordered a clampdown on unregistered vehicles.

The new police chief  met with the management team, leaders of all tactical units and heads of departments of the FCT Police Command comprising Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs).

A statement by the spokesperson of the command and Superintendent of Police (SP), Josephine Adeh, said the meeting was aimed at revamping the approach of the already existing security framework and to set in motion the plan to ensure the safety  of residents in the Federal Capital Territory.
The FCT police chief, while addressing the officers, urged them to embrace intelligence-led policing, through constant stop and search duty in the fight against criminality.

He emphasised the need to adopt effective community partnership in the discharge of their duties and maintained that he would have zero tolerance for inefficiency.

He also tasked the heads of the tactical units to identify black spots, possible kidnappers’ den in the territory and ensure they take the fight to them.
He ordered total clampdown of vehicles without number plates or with a single number plate plying the FCT roads.
Igweh reiterated his readiness to combat criminality in the territory as he called on residents to collaborate with the police in the fight against crime and to avoid boarding vehicles along the road and unapproved parks.

Meanwhile, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has pledged to collaborate with the Nigeria Police by revamping the Force’s moribund vehicles and operational assets.

This was disclosed weekend by the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, NASENI, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, when he paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector-General of Police,  Kayode Egbetokun, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Halilu said he was happy to join the IGP  to kickstart a vital conversation regarding collaboration between the Nigeria Police and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure  to revamp the Force’s moribund vehicles and operational assets.

In his remarks, the IGP promised to work closely with NASENI in line with President Bola Tinubu’s eight-point Renewed Hope agenda, and thanked the management team for finding time to visit his office.