IG orders posting of officers that had served six years in Kaduna

* Re-strategizes on curbing kidnapping

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has ordered the immediate redeployment of police officers that has served up to six years in Kaduna State Police Command.

Arase also ordered the posting of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 7, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa, to relocate to Kaduna State for effective supervision of security situation in the State.

Arase urged Nasarawa to evolve new intelligence gathering and crime-fighting techniques and methodologies to suit the local challenges.

In a press release, made available to journalists, Arase directed that Police officers who had served in Kaduna State Command for a period of six years and above be transferred out of the Command with corresponding replacement.

He also charged the AIG to devise means of halting the incessant kidnapping as well as other forms of crimes and criminality, especially in Jere, Kagarko Local Government Area of the State.

Arase equally directed the Commissioners of Police in Kogi State Command and his counterpart in FCT to improve on the surveillance network and high police visibility in their respective Commands.

He urged them to beam their searchlights on Abuja-Lokoja-Okene, Kabba-Owo axis, to check the incessant criminal activities in the areas.

The IGP assured Nigerians of the police commitment to their safety. He said that police in cooperation with other security agencies, would continue to ensure strategic responses towards eliminating any threat to internal security of the nation.