By Abdullahi Ahmad Bamalli
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, said a total of 3,619 arrests have been made, while 316 kidnapped victims have been rescued in the last five months.
The IGP, who disclosed this during his June 2023 meeting of strategic police managers in Abuja on Monday, said 1,630 cases which cut across major offences such as terrorism, secessionism, kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, and proliferation of firearms were recorded between the same time, January to May, 2023.
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Available data and crime analysis in the country’s internal security situation is relatively stable and continues to improve between January and May 2023, with a decrease in the incidence of major crimes recorded in the six geopolitical zones, he said.
IGP Baba also said 486 assorted firearms consisting of AK-47 rifles and locally fabricated automatic weapons were recovered, while 4,072 assorted calibres of live ammunition and other incriminating items linked to various major crimes were also recovered within the same period.
The Police boss stated that regardless of the quantum of achievements recorded within the period under review and the successful democratic transitioning that happened on the 29th of May, 2023, there still remains prevailing and projected threats across the country, including the aftermath of the fuel subsidy removal with the emerging threat of industrial strike action.
He stressed that the Nigerian Police Force will continue to leverage on the support of the Federal Government as we re-evaluate internal security dynamics and adapt our strategies towards ensuring that the current downward trend in crime across the country is sustained.
The IGP June 2023 meeting of strategic police managers is organised to assess the internal security situation within the country vis-à-vis the policing mandate.
It is also an avenue for the Police to disseminate some emerging strategic and policy-driven directives that will guide our operations towards policing the new Nigerian Ideal under the amiable leadership of the new president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
