Police to strengthen SARS to check kidnapping ---IG Idris
Idris during a question and answer session at a news
conference in which senior police officers were in attendance in Abuja, said the move was to check incidences of
kidnapping and other security challenges in the country..
``In order to address these ugly challenges, the SARS in the
commands will be restructured, re-organised and made more robust,`` he said.
He said cases of kidnapping in the country, especially along
the Okene-Lokoja -Kabba road was worrisome and required attention.
The police chief noted that violent criminality was
gradually taking over the country’s streets and communities.
He said that the Police Mobile Force, PMF and the Counter
Terrorism Unit, CTU, would be restructured to play more active role in the
stability of the country.
``The time has come for the Nigeria Police to play more
active role in the unity and stability of this great country. This plan can
only be achieved through the re-organisation and restructuring of the special
police units of PMF and CTU,`` he said.
He said that the police under him would vigorously pursue
these projects to make them more professional and organised.
Idris said that all PMF and CTU personnel attached to
individuals would be withdrawn with immediate effect.
``I am going to withdraw them from individuals, they are not
body guards,``he said.
He explained that they were specifically trained to respond
to emergency situations.
On road blocks, he advised the state command commissioners
against reintroducing roadblock in their commands.
``I want to state that the ban on roadblock is still on and
anyone involved would be checked. We will set up x-squads to check the trend in
suspected areas,``he said.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, has decorated
three promoted acting Commissioners of Police, CPs and one Deputy Commissioner
of Police.
They CPs are Nwankwo Emeka, Modupe Sowemimo and Dr Emmanuel
Ezama while the DCP is Garba Umar.
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