IBUKUNOLUWA KING-OKUNEYE
In efforts to tackle banditry and kidnapping, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has deployed additional policemen to enforce security along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
Speaking to the officers on Wednesday prior to their deployment, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Police Mobile Force, CP Matthew Akinyoshola, advised the mobile policemen to be vigilant and at alert at all times while carrying out their duties.
He urged the officers to be civil in carrying out their duties but firmly dealing with all persons threatening the peace and security of the nation.
The Abuja-Kaduna highway has continued experiencing attacks by bandits, who maim and kill innocent motorists as well as kidnap residents of the area.