The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says
solution has been found for the notorious activities of kidnappers on the
Kaduna-Abuja highway, saying the road is now safe for all travellers.
Adamu disclosed this when he briefed State House
correspondents on the outcome of security meeting between President Muhammadu
Buhari and service chiefs as well as heads of security agencies at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
According to the police boss, a good number of the
kidnappers have been arrested with many of them injured in various encounters
with security agents on special operations in the affected areas.
He said: “I want to assure Nigerians that Kaduna-Abuja road is
now safe. We have cleared the road, we have arrested a lot of kidnappers and
some of them were fatally injured during the confrontation we had with them.
“The road is now cleared for use by travellers and our
patrol teams, comprising a combined security services are there constantly
working for 24 hours each day.’’
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonishakin, who
also spoke to the correspondents at the end of the meeting, said President
Buhari had ordered the nation’s security agencies to immediately find a lasting
solution to cases of banditry and security challenges confronting some parts of
the country.
Olonishakin said: “The marching order is for us to deal with
these issues immediately and ruthlessly and also ensure that all those bandits
are immediately dealt with and all issues that are affecting the security of
the nation are properly addressed.”
He revealed that the meeting reviewed existing strategies
adopted to check the menace.
He, however, disclosed that new modalities had been put in
place to address the problem.
It was gathered that on April 5, Adamu launched Operation
Puff-Ader to tackle kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities along
the Kaduna-Abuja expressway.
The operation covers the Kaduna-Abuja highway and adjoining
communities extending to Kogi, Katsina, Niger and Zamfara states.
The force recently combed the bush along Kaduna-Abuja
highway in search of the armed bandits terrorizing unsuspecting commuters on
the road.
The Operation, which is being carried out in collaboration
with the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Department of State Services (DSS),
involves massive deployment of well-trained, well-equipped and well-motivated
personnel and combined operational assets from the various security agencies,
is tailored towards ridding the Country, especially the Kaduna – Abuja
Expressway, Kogi, Katsina, Niger and Zamfara States of all forms of crimes and
criminality.
(NAN)
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