The Federal Government on Monday said it would strengthen theand Safer Highway in the South-West in addition to deployment of new fleet of patrol vehicles in the zone.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who said this in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the South-West geopolitical zone security summit at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, added that no fewer than 2,015 armed robbers and 1,154 kidnappers had been arrested this year.to stabilise security, adding, “We are moving to the next phase.
The IGP had earlier in his speech said 1,183 suspected cultists had been arrested in the country from January to date.“The reality is that the current concerted operations of the police and other security agencies across the country, particularly along the Niger-Kogi-FCT-Kaduna-Kastina and Zamfara areas have engendered a dispersal and relocation of some of the criminals to new localities including the South-West.
“Furthermore, 1,183 suspected cultists have also been arrested with 425 of this figure apprehended in south-western states. In relation to recoveries, 1,356 firearms of various calibre and description were recovered in various intelligence-led operations by the police with 277 of such recoveries made in the South-West.
The Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, said the South-West governors also agreed to engage the use of vigilantes to tackle insecurity in the zone. “This cannot be achieved without involving our traditional rulers who are the custodians of our culture; who know everybody in their communities. We are doing all of this so that we can sleep and close our two eyes.
Makinde said the recent deteriorating state of security in the South-West and the country at large, prompted the security summit of June 25th in Ibadan.
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