The
FCT Police Commissioner, Wilson Inalegwu has charged traditional Rulers and
opinion leaders in the six Area Councils of the FCT to always fish out
potential trouble makers within their domain who could be nursing plans to
unleash mayhem during the 2015 general Election.
The
Commissioner gave the charge at the flag-off of the Federal Capital Territory
Administration program on Security in the 14 Chiefdoms of the Territory on 04/11/2014
with the theme ‘’mobilization and sensitization of FCT Residents towards
community policing’’, organized in conjunction with the Area Council
Services Secretariat of the FCT.
The
FCT Police Boss told the gathering which had in attendance traditional Rulers,
some Chairmen of the Area Councils and representatives of the Minister of the
FCT, Senator Bala Muhammed and the Minister of State, FCT, that the FCT Police
Command has adopted the community oriented policing strategy with stakeholders
as partners in ensuring peace in the territory.
“You
are our frontline warriors in effecting functional policing of the territory
and its environs. You know those people whose lifestyles have suddenly changed
within your communities. Feel free to report some of such sudden change to a
DPO nearest to you”. He further implored them to be
vigilant. He stressed that “crime prevention is not about use of guns, but
about reporting trends and behaviors observed as strange to the appropriate
quarters”.
Present
at the event was the ONNA OF ABAJI, Alhaji Adamu Yunusa Baba who admonished
concerned authorities in the FCT to do all within their powers to reduce
poverty in the Territory.
The
Abaji Monarch who lamented that poverty level in the Territory is growing, also
advised the FCT Police Boss to endeavor to visit the six Area Councils and hold
consultation with the stakeholders.
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