The Nigeria Police Force has set up a Special Operation Squad which will tackle insecurity in the troubled Plateau State communities. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, made this disclosure on Friday at the Government House in Jos during a condolence visit to the State, over the recent attacks that left many dead and several injured.
While addressing stakeholders at the Government House in the audience of Governor Caleb Mutfwang, the Police Chief promised that “More deployment of our tactical unit will be made."
"We are deploying our tactical unit to assist you; we are deploying our intelligence unit. When you see the IGP visiting with DIG operations and DIG intelligence accompanied by the DIG of the zone, you should know that we mean business.
“A special operation will commence immediately on the plateau. This special operation will form the nucleus of our special intervention squad, the last time I visited you, I told you about our intention to set up a special intervention squad in ten pilot states in Nigeria and Plateau State is one.
“So with this special operation that is commencing today, we are technically flagging off the commencement of the operation of our special intervention squad."
“With the cooperation of the people of Plateau, a solution is in sight. I want to appeal to the people of Plateau to cooperate with the security agencies, support them with information, and actively take part.
“These criminals have declared war on our state and we are all going to join hands together to fight this war. We should not see this war as a war against the Fulanis, we should not see it as a war against any tribe in Nigeria, it is a war against the criminals; it is a war against enemies of our country,” he said.