The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has redeployed all officers along Kaduna-Abuja road in the wake of rising cases of Kidnapping and armed robbery along the route.
Those who were redeployed are the Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers, all other Officers, Inspectors and Rank and Files serving in the Police Divisions, Police Stations and out posts situated on Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria Highways starting from Zuba Division in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to all Divisions and Police Stations and Posts in Niger State located along the Highway to Kaduna, and those other Police Divisions, Police Stations and Outposts throughout the Highways to Kaduna and Zaria City in Kaduna State.
The Inspector General said that new Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, other superior Police Officers, Inspectors and Rank and Files have been posted to take over from the outgoing ones.
He said that the redeployment is to bring in new experience and fresh impetus to the fight against kidnappings, armed robberies and other violent crimes on these Highways, and ensure full execution of Operations Absolute Sanity’s strategies in achieving the stipulated mandates of the operations.
A statement from the Force Headquarters said that the redeployment is meant at ensuring total success of operations, absolute sanity currently ongoing on Abuja-Kaduna Highway aimed at routing out gangs of kidnappers and armed robbers terrorizing Abuja-Kaduna Highway. [myad]
