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A woman who was rescued after being held captive by Boko Haram, attends to her baby at an internally displaced person’s camp near Mubi, northeast Nigeria October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
The Force Management Team has taken a step towards the restoration of civil authority in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
As such, it has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sotonye Wakama, to move with a team of intelligence officers to the area for need assessment and other scooping activities.
Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja during an interactive session organised by the Senate, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, fdc, NPM, stated that the Police were carrying out a scooping mission aimed at relieving the Military of some duties for law and order to be restored in the part of the country.
The IGP noted that guaranteeing the safety of persons and property, and restoring public trust in the maintenance of order and stability remained the cardinal keys in re-establishing a working society after violent conflict.
He further said the Nigeria Police Force will deploy more personnel and equipment to the North East to provide Police security and to create a secure environment necessary for the return of IDPs to their respective communities.
He reiterated that the Nigeria Police Force places a high value on the preservation of human life and believed that the prevention of crime was its number one operational priority and would, therefore, involve the community in the delivery of these services.
He added that Police operational response will result to an improved quality of life for citizens.
