IGP Assures Nigerians Of Improved Security In 2021

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has assured Nigerians of improved security in 2021, Ekohotblog gathered.

According to a statement by Force spokesman, Frank Mba, on Monday, the IGP stressed that the Force will be unrelenting in the fight against all forms of crimes especially kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, cultism, cybercrime, Sexual/Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), amongst others in the country in 2021.

Mohammed assured that the NPF will implement aggressive, proactive, intelligence-driven and community-based crime fighting strategies in its quests to make the country safer.

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He also promised that the Force will take the battle to the door steps of the criminals and also expand its collaboration with the citizens and other Law Enforcement Agencies in its bid to flush out criminal elements in the country.

The IGP, while reviewing the scorecard of police operations at the Force CID and Force Intelligence Bureau, revealed that a total of 21,296 criminal suspects involved in various violent crimes, were arrested and 3,347 firearms, 133,496 ammunition and 960 stolen vehicles recovered in 2020.

Also, 1,002 kidnap victims were safely rescued from their abductors and reunited with their families.