2nd April, 2022
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba today patrolled the entire 163km stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway for hands-on assessment of the security challenges.
He also supervised the deployment of officers from the Police tactical squads to ensure the safety of travellers along the route.
The expressway has been the axis of terrorists, operating freely on the road, kidnapping and maiming travellers.
In the course of the patrol, the IGP mapped out some salient and strategic points along the express road.
They were immediately fortified with the deployment of operatives drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Forces (SF), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS), as well as airwing operatives in charge of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Nigeria Police Force.
IGP Alkali equally visited personnel of the Armed Forces and Police deployed at Rijana to secure the technical crew of the Nigeria Railway Corporation repairing the damaged train coaches and rail line in the axis, to boost their morale and assess the state of their post.
Baba gave an assurance that with the strategic deployment of officers along the route, normalcy would once again be restored.
He also urged the public to share intelligence with Law Enforcement Agencies for effective policing of all spaces.
*Statement by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi
