The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the “deployment of water-tight security” around schools, hospitals and critical national infrastructures across the country as insecurity continues to worsen.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Adejobi said the IGP has also ordered regular patrols, stop and search raids, and show of force by tactical commanders to clamp down on pockets of crime and criminality in some states of the federation.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the deployment of water-tight security arrangements to cover all schools, hospitals, health workers, and critical national infrastructures around the country,” the statement added.
“The IGP has equally ordered regular patrols, stop and search, raids, and show of force by tactical commanders to clamp down on pockets of crime and criminality recorded in some states of the federation.”
IGP gave directive after reviewing the reports he received from various commands and formations on the general security situations across the country.
Baba charged officers and men of the force to take the fight against crime to the doorsteps of suspected criminal elements with a view to flushing them from their hideouts. However he warned them to be civil, professional and humane while discharging their duties.
He also called on the members of the public to cooperate with the police.
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