Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has drew the attention of police to the going-on in some uncompleted buildings that dot the capital city in their fight to rid the city of criminals.
The minister who spoke today, Thursday when the new Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, AIG Salisu Abdullahi Mohammed Fagge paid him a courtesy visit as part of his familiarization tour of FCT Police Command, asked the security agents to closely monitor activities in uncompleted buildings to ensure that only the security guards employed by the owners are staying in such places.
He asked the Police to encourage community policing in the capital city even as he insisted that monitoring of uncompleted buildings would go a long way to assist in checking criminal activity at its early stage.
Muhammad Bello called for deployment of more Police personnel into the capital city to ensure that Abuja, which is the window through which the world sees Nigeria, is better policed.
“More people move into the Federal Capital Territory on daily basis and some hardly go back, therefore we need more Police personnel to man the city.”
He promised to continue to support all the security agencies in the city to enable them perform their statutory duties as enshrined in the Constitution.
“I want to use this medium to thank the Police Force most sincerely for the support that we have always enjoyed. There is no doubt that policing in the FCT is something that is very important by virtue of Abuja being the seat of government of the federation and where we host the President and the diplomatic community.”
Speaking earlier, Salisu Fagge assured that the police would be proactive in their approach to the policing of the citizenry. He appreciated the support the FCT Police Command has been receiving from the FCT Administration.
The Nigeria Police Force zone 7 comprises of the Federal Capital Territory, Niger and Kaduna states. [myad]
