The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has constituted a Joint Tactical Operation Squad with a mandate to restore peace in Southern Kaduna that has been ravaged by conflicts recently.
The squad comprises the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, Special Anti Robbery Squad, Intelligence Response Team and the IGP Monitoring Unit, as well as Police Air wing is stationed at Kafanchan.
Speaking at the official inauguration of the of the task force, the IGP who was represented by DIG department of operations, Habila Joshak, charged the officers to ensure that peace and normalcy is restored to Kafanchan and environs.
He asked them to be proactive and work on actionable intelligence, and to carry out massive deployment and twenty four (24) hours surveillance and patrol.
He also charged them to “carry out continuous raids of identified criminal hideouts in the area with a view to arrest trouble makers and their sponsors and nip in the bud violent acts and other criminalities in the general area.
“The deployment of the Joint Tactical Squad personnel will cover all the communities, towns, villages, vulnerable points, Government and private infrastructures and facilities in the area” IGP said.
He added that “Police helicopters will embark on guided missions and aerial surveillance of the entire area and will operate in synergy with other Police formations on the ground.
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