The Assistant Inspector General, AIG, in charge of Zone 7 Abuja, Kayode Egbetokun has called for inter-agency security collaboration between police and
other sister agencies in tackling the increasing menace of banditry, terrorism, kidnapping and cattle rustling in Niger State.
The AIG noted the need to redouble efforts in engaging the services of more hunters and local vigilante groups as well as partnering with traditional rulers and other local authorities in the fight. “We must engage the communities more and more. If stakeholders are removed from policing equation, the policing strategy will collapse or gives minimal results; you need the people and the people need you. One cannot do without the other,” he argued.
Egbetokun further maintained: “The current security situation in the state calls for the vigilance of everyone. I appeal to all law-abiding citizens of Niger State to be vigilant, cooperate with the police, and give prompt information that can help nip crime in the bud.”
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