The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is recorded to have made an impressive achievement as they arrested 1,346 suspects for various violent crimes in 5 weeks.
NPF’s Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement on X, said the Force has achieved a salient milestone across the country over the past 5 weeks in its bid to make crime less attractive.
NPF’s ongoing drive to safeguard the country from the activities of criminal elements under the visionary leadership of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, is reported to have been recognized.
The Commission made its bid to make crime less attractive, leading to the arrest of 385 armed robbery suspects, 238 kidnapping suspects, 341 murder/homicide suspects, 87 suspects connected with unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, 143 rape suspects, and 151 cultism suspects.
Also, the Police recovered 143 firearms of various calibres, 741 ammunition, and 72 stolen vehicles, as well as the rescue of 461 kidnapped victims across the country.
Amongst the pivotal cases, on 4th Mach, 2024, a team from Operation Zenda Joint Task Force, acting on credible intelligence, invaded an arms manufacturing hideout at Amahundu, Nanev, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State and arrested nine (9) suspects including a Cameroonian.
Exhibits recovered from them include 8 Barretta Pistols under fabrication, 1 AK-47 rifle, 10 AK47 live ammunition, 5 Barretta pistol ammunition, four (4) welding gas cylinders and other fabrication materials.
In the same vein, operatives of the FCT Command on 24th February, 2024, acting upon credible intelligence stormed Sardauna, Toto forests and arrested one Samaila Wakili Fafa AKA Habu Ibrahim, a kidnap kingpin on the Command wanted list with a bounty placed on him by the Honourable Minister of the FCT.
He confessed to several killings done by himself and his gang, including the abduction of one Barr Chris Agidy, the legal aide to Senator Ned Nwoko and Mr Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the village head of Ketti Village who were both killed by him and also led operatives to where he buried the remains of the Late Barr Agidy whose corpse was exhumed and deposited at Gwagwalada General Hospital.
The NPF has taken strategic steps to ensure that officers and men of the Force are adequately catered for. Some of the recent activities of the Force in this regard include the swift disbursement of insurance packages to families of fallen policemen within the past 9 months, amounting to 7.2 billion Naira, the Police Awards and Commendation Ceremony scheduled for April 15th, 2024, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
Other welfare programs provided are the NPF Housing Summit scheduled for April 22nd to 23rd, 2024, with focus on viable housing solutions and the launch of the Police Fund to support officers’ accommodation needs.
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The IGP emphasized on the importance of improving officer welfare and morale, as it directly correlates with effective service delivery and crime prevention.
He also urged all landlords and employers of domestic staff in the FCT, and by extension, of other states of the federation, to ensure they visit police stations within their areas to request for, and fill forms for proper profiling of intended employees/tenants for employment and tenancy purposes so as to strengthen the capacity of the NPF in identifying and deterring potential threats within the FCT.
