The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has vowed to take back all communities overrun by bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in Kwara state and other parts of the country.
Addressing officers and men of the state command of the Nigeria Police at the state headquarters in Ilorin ,the IGP said that criminals could not chase “us out of our communities. It’s our land and we shall not at any time relinquish it to them”.
He said he knows Kwara state and the the problems the residents are having. adding that his visit to the state is for an operation.
Disu urged the people of the state to give their cooperation to the security agencies to enable them succeed in the fight against criminal activities.
The inspector general of Police said every one has a duty to contribute his quota to take back the community from the bad element.
” Criminals cannot pursue us out of our towns. We are the owners of the towns. And we will not allow that to happen. We have to take back out homes, we have to take back our communities. That is why I am here to tell you that all of us will take back our communities.
“I have visited Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and thanked him. He has been very wonderful by providing a lot of things to support the police command in the state.
“I am going to visit some places in town. I am visiting my officers who have been there for months. I am going to encourage them to do more”.
The IGP, who said there are bad and good people among herdsmen, exonerated some of them from banditry and kidnap for ransom.
“I say with all authority that we have a lot of Fulani people assisting us in doing our job. At the same time I beg them to be of greater assistance. They should gather more information and give same to us. The way it is going it is dangerous, not all Fulanis are bad. We have good Fulanis who have been our neighbours for thousands of years”.
He promised to give the issue of the welfare of police the necessary attention required.
ALI MUHAMMAD RABIU
