December 28,(THEWILL) – The Kaduna State Police Command said it has killed 21 bandits, arrested 780 other suspected criminal elements, recovered 1,408 arms and ammunition and rescued 206 kidnap victims in the State.
Commissioner of Police, CP Yekini Ayoku, who disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Command’s 2022 end-of-the-year press briefing, added that the arrests, recoveries and killing of the bandits were parts of the Command’s achievements in the last nine months.
Ayoku also disclosed that 116 of the 780 arrested suspects have been convicted, while 1,446 rustled livestock were recovered at different parts of the State within the period under review.
“Upon assumption of duty as the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State, on 8th April 2022, which was on the heels of the incident of train attack of 28th March 2022, between Dutse Village – Rijana along Abuja – Kaduna rail track and the earlier security breach within the Kaduna International Airport general area, the need for urgent safeguard of commuters/road users, especially along Kaduna-Abuja expressway in the absence of a functional rail and commercial air operation was considered paramount and imperative.
“With these challenges met on ground, there was thus, no time to spare and I had to immediately and swiftly review and rejig existing architecture, crime map the state, re-strategise and mobilise all operational, tactical and intelligence resources and deploy same massively cognisant of the crimes prevalent in the different areas of the State.
“For obvious reasons as stated earlier, Abuja–Kaduna highway was prioritized with heavy motorized and static patrols complemented by military backup and aerial patrol and surveillance from the Force Headquarters. The objective was to keep the road open and safe for travellers being, as at that time, the only major means of accessing Kaduna and other north-western states from Abuja and the southern part of the Country. This objective was achieved as throughout the period under review, the Command was able to minimize any form of security breach/threat on the highway through the stated upgrade in visibility policing and prompt response to distress calls.
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