Inspector
General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar today at the Murtala International
airport said that the Police had commenced investigation into murder of four
students of the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt by vigilante group
for alleged stealing.
Abubakra
also revealed that there are no fewer than 4,000 Nigerians in various prisons
in Turkey.
The IGP, who
looked weary, after embarking from a flight coming Turkey, vowed that the
killers of the youngsters would be fished out no matter what.
This was even
as he declined to reveal the number of people that had been arrested in
connection with the murder so far.
Fielding questions
from journalists, insisted that those involved in the crime would not go
unpunished.
His words:
“I’m aware of the situation and I’ve been briefed on this even while in Turkey.
We are on it and we have commenced investigation into the incident. The investigation
will tell what exactly happened. But I want to assure all Nigerians that we are
doing our best to fish out the culprits of that very ugly incident and we shall
not under my administration and this government, tolerate any barbaric act in
this country.
“You will
hear from me as soon as I get briefed from the commissioner of police in that
state and the zonal AIG based on their documentations, and then we will let you
know. But I can assure you that investigation is on and I don’t want to give
you the number of people who have been arrested so far.”
On his
summon by the House of Representatives, Abubakar said he was yet to see the
letter of summon, but explained that he would appear before the House on
security issues in the country, which had been on the decline in recent years.
“You are
telling me I’ve been summoned, but I haven’t seen the letter to know the
content of the letter and what I’m supposed to appear in the House for, but for
whatever it is, it is for security reason and the security of this country, I
will appear before the House and give a brief on the security situation of the
country, which I do know in this country.”
On the
recent killings of couple in Lagos and students in Adamawa State, Abubakar said
that the issues were still under investigations by the police, stressing that
the issues were all receiving attention and progressing.
He stated
that the issues required serious investigations from the police, adding that on
assumption of office, he had been harping on the collaboration between the
police and the community people to prevent crimes in the country.
He
emphasised that for police to carry out effective works, it needed the
collaboration between it and the community people, especially the traditional
rulers.
“People need
to co-operate with the police because police alone cannot give you answer to
all the security situations in this country, but we can do our best based on
our trainings to be able to fish out criminal wherever they are with the
collaboration of the people of the country.
“Traditional
rulers have a very big responsibility to play in security of their domain and
every Nigerian too has responsibility to assist the police to unravel security
challenges. This is the only country in the world where murders are being
committed, we just have to go digging, but in other countries of the world, the
answers are in the hands of the people and they are willingly and freely to
offer information.”
On the
number of Nigerians in Turkish prisons, he said that various Nigerians are
regularly arrested for different crimes, ranging from drug to trafficking.
He said it
was pertinent to collaborate with the Turkish country, which had gone through
the same security challenges currently facing Nigeria, stressing that the
country would soon sign a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey.
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