The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Saturday patrolled the entire 163km stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway for hands-on assessment of the security challenges and to personally supervise the operational deployment of officers drawn from the Police tactical squads to ensure the safety of travellers along the route.
Acting Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja,
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the IGP mapped out some salient and strategic points on the expressway which were immediately fortified with the deployment of operatives drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Forces (SF), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS), as well as airwing operatives in charge of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Nigeria Police Force.
The IGP equally visited operatives of the Armed Forces and Police deployed in Rijana to secure technical crew of the Nigeria Railway Corporation undertaking repair works at the damaged train coaches and rail line in the axis, to boost their morale and assess the state of their post.
The Inspector-General of Police assured Nigerians that with the strategic and operational deployment of officers on the route, normalcy would once again be restored while he tasked members of the public on active intelligence sharing with Law Enforcement Agencies for effective policing of all spaces.
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