The Inspector -General of Police, Mr Usman Akali Baba has rated the police high in the fight against crime .
The IGP who was speaking during a meeting with strategic police officers at the IGP’s Conference Hall Force Headquarters, Abuja , said that the achievement was evidenced by the fact that between January – November, 2022,” we have successfully rescued 865 victims of kidnapping and 383 kidnapping suspects. Similarly, a total of 923 armed robbery suspects,335 murder suspects; and 473 suspected cultists were also apprehended.
“Following the approval for the establishment of the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre with the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the deployment of highly trained police cybercrime operatives to the newly established Unit, we have also enhanced our cybercrime investigation capacity leading to the arrest of a total of 478 cybercrime suspects, while we continually deploy our unique INTERPOL tools to monitor and apprehend transnational criminal fugitives.
“During these internal security operations, we recovered a total of 1,125 assorted firearms, and 10,653 assorted calibre of ammunition. We also apprehended 696 terror elements, bandits and secessionists; and 284 pipeline vandals across the country”.
However, Baba, said the police were also confronted with many challenges,”the outgoing year presented sets of security challenges which at some point evolved to threaten the security order and national cohesion of the country. Some of these threats relate to flashes of violent campaigns by terrorists and bandits in the Northern geopolitical Zones; violent secessionist activities in the South East and adjoining States by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Eastern Security Network (ESN) and other pockets of factions of IPOB all of which were bent on engaging non-constitutional means to threaten the legitimacy of Government at all levels in the country. Other highly organized crimes that the Force had to grapple with in the outgoing Year include kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, illegal firearms trafficking and proliferation, cybercrime, gender-based violence and other transnational crimes.
“In spite of the enormity of these threats, particularly during the early part of the Year, I am delighted to note that with the review of our operational strategies, acquisition of new, specialized operational assets, enhanced intelligence capacity, more purposeful police-community relations framework, enhanced trust and stronger synergy between the Force, Military, the intelligence community and other security agencies and above all, the sacrifice, courage, loyalty and dedication of personnel of the Force across all ranks, we confronted the threats frontally, gallantly took the battle to the doorsteps of the criminal elements, and successfully stabilised the internal security order as the year winds down.
“During these internal security operations, we recovered a total of 1,125 assorted firearms, and 10,653) assorted calibre of ammunition. We also apprehended six hundred and ninety-six (696) terror elements, bandits and secessionists; and two hundred and eighty-four (284) pipeline vandals across the country.
“All these major breakthroughs would not have been achieved without the loyalty and leadership skills of all of you here seated. For this, I specially salute your courage and commend you all for supporting my leadership and aiding the process of restoring the primacy of the Nigeria Police Force within the internal security framework of the country. I trust that you shall continue to march shoulder to shoulder with my leadership towards building on the gains we have recorded so far in our onslaught against criminal elements that are bent of negatively altering our national values for peace and communal security as we project into Year 2023.
- Our part, I assure you that we shall continue to offer a purposeful and all-inclusive leadership that will address your welfare, career, and operational concerns in such a manner as to inspire you to sustain your professional excellence in the line of your duties. Indeed, these have been and will remain the hallmarks of my leadership.
“It is in fact, in furtherance to this that I have ensured that the promotion regime in the Force under my leadership remained steady, timely and built strictly on merit and seniority. This is because as a seasoned Police Chief, I appreciate that promotion policy, if exposed to abuses, could demotivate officers, threaten effective command and control, and engender indiscipline in the Force like in any other organization. However, if promotion is delivered in a standardized, meritorious, and transparent manner, anxiety and abuses will be removed, the system will remain stabilized, and officers will be elevated within their competencies, rather than patronage.
“Let me make it clear here that much as I acknowledge that special promotion could be desirable, my conviction is that in the overriding interest of the Force, it should be considered only in isolated and exceptional instances where the performances of the officers concerned are measurable and manifestly extraordinary as the case with the officers in Abia State that successfully busted the deadly trans-state bullion van armed robbery syndicate recently, all of whom have been approved for special promotion in acknowledgement of their gallantry, and professional excellence.
” It is, therefore, essential that you take this message back to personnel in your command that the days of abuse of the promotion process in the Force are over and it will be fruitless for any personnel to attempt to circumvent the professional order in relation to promotion under my watch. In this context, I am glad to note that so far within this year, a total of 34, 595 personnel across all ranks have been promoted. We intend to sustain this policy in the coming Year.
“Aside this, in the outgoing Year, we continued to strengthen our operational capacity with the acquisition of more critical operational assets. In furtherance to this, we recently commissioned and inducted five (5) state-of-the-art Police Combat Gunboats into the operations of the Marine Section of the Force. The resolve to acquire these critical assets was informed by the realization that most crimes within the country are increasingly being perfected by criminal elements who take advantage of the security gaps on our waterways. We shall continue to strengthen our partnership with the Nigerian Navy (NN), the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), National Inland Waterways (NIWA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in deterring waterways borne crimes.
” Also within the year, we drew on our budgetary allocation to procure two hundred and twenty-one (221) patrol vehicles; fifty-five (55) lorries, ten (10) Tata Troop Carriers and fifteen (15) Armoured Personnel Carriers. To complement this effort, in January 2022, The Nigeria Police Trust Fund also procured and distributed to Commands and Formations across the nation two hundred (200) operational vehicles.
” Other operational items that were procured this year include five thousand, one hundred and sixty (5,160) Civil Disorder Control Equipment; six thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three (6,723) Bullet Proof Vests; five thousand, two hundred and twelve (5,212) Ballistic Helmets; two thousand, one hundred and ten (2,110) Anti-Riot Helmets all of which were acquired as part of our civil disorder and election security management pland. The Force also established an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and procured five (5) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance and operational support and three Combat Drones to deal with complex special police operations across the country.
Let me also use this opportunity to condole with all our colleagues who paid the supreme sacrifice in the line of their duty and those with life threatening injuries in the line of their duties in the outgoing year. Our prayers, support and goodwill shall remain with them and their families now and eternally
- I wish to reassure all Nigerians and the global community of our firm determination to guarantee credible elections in 2023. In this drive, however, we solicit the cooperation of all citizens and strategic stakeholders, particularly, members of the fourth estate of the realm who as critical opinion moulders could wittingly or unwittingly become tools to advance hate speeches and expose the democratic space to avoidable tension.
” I also specially appreciate His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for continually inspiring and supporting us in our drive to reposition the Nigeria Police Force. I assure His Excellency that the Force will not let him down in the dream legacy of deepening democracy, neither will we let the nation down in the quest for a peaceful and security internal security space.
IGP reels out achievement for the year, rates police high
865 kidnap victims rescued, 2,592 suspects arrested
The Inspector -General of Police, Mr Usman Akali Baba has rated the police high in the fight against crime .
The IGP who was speaking during a meeting with strategic police officers at the IGP’s Conference Hall Force Headquarters, Abuja , said that the achievement was evidenced by the fact that between January – November, 2022,” we have successfully rescued 865 victims of kidnapping and 383 kidnapping suspects. Similarly, a total of 923 armed robbery suspects,335 murder suspects; and 473 suspected cultists were also apprehended.
“Following the approval for the establishment of the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre with the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the deployment of highly trained police cybercrime operatives to the newly established Unit, we have also enhanced our cybercrime investigation capacity leading to the arrest of a total of 478 cybercrime suspects, while we continually deploy our unique INTERPOL tools to monitor and apprehend transnational criminal fugitives.
“During these internal security operations, we recovered a total of 1,125 assorted firearms, and 10,653 assorted calibre of ammunition. We also apprehended 696 terror elements, bandits and secessionists; and 284 pipeline vandals across the country”.
However, Baba, said the police were also confronted with many challenges,”the outgoing year presented sets of security challenges which at some point evolved to threaten the security order and national cohesion of the country. Some of these threats relate to flashes of violent campaigns by terrorists and bandits in the Northern geopolitical Zones; violent secessionist activities in the South East and adjoining States by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Eastern Security Network (ESN) and other pockets of factions of IPOB all of which were bent on engaging non-constitutional means to threaten the legitimacy of Government at all levels in the country. Other highly organized crimes that the Force had to grapple with in the outgoing Year include kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, illegal firearms trafficking and proliferation, cybercrime, gender-based violence and other transnational crimes.
“In spite of the enormity of these threats, particularly during the early part of the Year, I am delighted to note that with the review of our operational strategies, acquisition of new, specialized operational assets, enhanced intelligence capacity, more purposeful police-community relations framework, enhanced trust and stronger synergy between the Force, Military, the intelligence community and other security agencies and above all, the sacrifice, courage, loyalty and dedication of personnel of the Force across all ranks, we confronted the threats frontally, gallantly took the battle to the doorsteps of the criminal elements, and successfully stabilised the internal security order as the year winds down.
“During these internal security operations, we recovered a total of 1,125 assorted firearms, and 10,653) assorted calibre of ammunition. We also apprehended six hundred and ninety-six (696) terror elements, bandits and secessionists; and two hundred and eighty-four (284) pipeline vandals across the country.
“All these major breakthroughs would not have been achieved without the loyalty and leadership skills of all of you here seated. For this, I specially salute your courage and commend you all for supporting my leadership and aiding the process of restoring the primacy of the Nigeria Police Force within the internal security framework of the country. I trust that you shall continue to march shoulder to shoulder with my leadership towards building on the gains we have recorded so far in our onslaught against criminal elements that are bent of negatively altering our national values for peace and communal security as we project into Year 2023.
- Our part, I assure you that we shall continue to offer a purposeful and all-inclusive leadership that will address your welfare, career, and operational concerns in such a manner as to inspire you to sustain your professional excellence in the line of your duties. Indeed, these have been and will remain the hallmarks of my leadership.
“It is in fact, in furtherance to this that I have ensured that the promotion regime in the Force under my leadership remained steady, timely and built strictly on merit and seniority. This is because as a seasoned Police Chief, I appreciate that promotion policy, if exposed to abuses, could demotivate officers, threaten effective command and control, and engender indiscipline in the Force like in any other organization. However, if promotion is delivered in a standardized, meritorious, and transparent manner, anxiety and abuses will be removed, the system will remain stabilized, and officers will be elevated within their competencies, rather than patronage.
“Let me make it clear here that much as I acknowledge that special promotion could be desirable, my conviction is that in the overriding interest of the Force, it should be considered only in isolated and exceptional instances where the performances of the officers concerned are measurable and manifestly extraordinary as the case with the officers in Abia State that successfully busted the deadly trans-state bullion van armed robbery syndicate recently, all of whom have been approved for special promotion in acknowledgement of their gallantry, and professional excellence.
” It is, therefore, essential that you take this message back to personnel in your command that the days of abuse of the promotion process in the Force are over and it will be fruitless for any personnel to attempt to circumvent the professional order in relation to promotion under my watch. In this context, I am glad to note that so far within this year, a total of 34, 595 personnel across all ranks have been promoted. We intend to sustain this policy in the coming Year.
“Aside this, in the outgoing Year, we continued to strengthen our operational capacity with the acquisition of more critical operational assets. In furtherance to this, we recently commissioned and inducted five (5) state-of-the-art Police Combat Gunboats into the operations of the Marine Section of the Force. The resolve to acquire these critical assets was informed by the realization that most crimes within the country are increasingly being perfected by criminal elements who take advantage of the security gaps on our waterways. We shall continue to strengthen our partnership with the Nigerian Navy (NN), the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), National Inland Waterways (NIWA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in deterring waterways borne crimes.
” Also within the year, we drew on our budgetary allocation to procure two hundred and twenty-one (221) patrol vehicles; fifty-five (55) lorries, ten (10) Tata Troop Carriers and fifteen (15) Armoured Personnel Carriers. To complement this effort, in January 2022, The Nigeria Police Trust Fund also procured and distributed to Commands and Formations across the nation two hundred (200) operational vehicles.
” Other operational items that were procured this year include five thousand, one hundred and sixty (5,160) Civil Disorder Control Equipment; six thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three (6,723) Bullet Proof Vests; five thousand, two hundred and twelve (5,212) Ballistic Helmets; two thousand, one hundred and ten (2,110) Anti-Riot Helmets all of which were acquired as part of our civil disorder and election security management pland. The Force also established an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and procured five (5) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance and operational support and three Combat Drones to deal with complex special police operations across the country.
Let me also use this opportunity to condole with all our colleagues who paid the supreme sacrifice in the line of their duty and those with life threatening injuries in the line of their duties in the outgoing year. Our prayers, support and goodwill shall remain with them and their families now and eternally
- I wish to reassure all Nigerians and the global community of our firm determination to guarantee credible elections in 2023. In this drive, however, we solicit the cooperation of all citizens and strategic stakeholders, particularly, members of the fourth estate of the realm who as critical opinion moulders could wittingly or unwittingly become tools to advance hate speeches and expose the democratic space to avoidable tension.
” I also specially appreciate His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for continually inspiring and supporting us in our drive to reposition the Nigeria Police Force. I assure His Excellency that the Force will not let him down in the dream legacy of deepening democracy, neither will we let the nation down in the quest for a peaceful and security internal security space.
865 kidnap victims rescued, 2,592 suspects arrested
The Inspector -General of Police, Mr Usman Akali Baba has rated the police high in the fight against crime .
The IGP who was speaking during a meeting with strategic police officers at the IGP’s Conference Hall Force Headquarters, Abuja , said that the achievement was evidenced by the fact that between January – November, 2022,” we have successfully rescued 865 victims of kidnapping and 383 kidnapping suspects. Similarly, a total of 923 armed robbery suspects,335 murder suspects; and 473 suspected cultists were also apprehended.
“Following the approval for the establishment of the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre with the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the deployment of highly trained police cybercrime operatives to the newly established Unit, we have also enhanced our cybercrime investigation capacity leading to the arrest of a total of 478 cybercrime suspects, while we continually deploy our unique INTERPOL tools to monitor and apprehend transnational criminal fugitives.
“During these internal security operations, we recovered a total of 1,125 assorted firearms, and 10,653 assorted calibre of ammunition. We also apprehended 696 terror elements, bandits and secessionists; and 284 pipeline vandals across the country”.
However, Baba, said the police were also confronted with many challenges,”the outgoing year presented sets of security challenges which at some point evolved to threaten the security order and national cohesion of the country. Some of these threats relate to flashes of violent campaigns by terrorists and bandits in the Northern geopolitical Zones; violent secessionist activities in the South East and adjoining States by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Eastern Security Network (ESN) and other pockets of factions of IPOB all of which were bent on engaging non-constitutional means to threaten the legitimacy of Government at all levels in the country. Other highly organized crimes that the Force had to grapple with in the outgoing Year include kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, illegal firearms trafficking and proliferation, cybercrime, gender-based violence and other transnational crimes.
“In spite of the enormity of these threats, particularly during the early part of the Year, I am delighted to note that with the review of our operational strategies, acquisition of new, specialized operational assets, enhanced intelligence capacity, more purposeful police-community relations framework, enhanced trust and stronger synergy between the Force, Military, the intelligence community and other security agencies and above all, the sacrifice, courage, loyalty and dedication of personnel of the Force across all ranks, we confronted the threats frontally, gallantly took the battle to the doorsteps of the criminal elements, and successfully stabilised the internal security order as the year winds down.
“During these internal security operations, we recovered a total of 1,125 assorted firearms, and 10,653) assorted calibre of ammunition. We also apprehended six hundred and ninety-six (696) terror elements, bandits and secessionists; and two hundred and eighty-four (284) pipeline vandals across the country.
“All these major breakthroughs would not have been achieved without the loyalty and leadership skills of all of you here seated. For this, I specially salute your courage and commend you all for supporting my leadership and aiding the process of restoring the primacy of the Nigeria Police Force within the internal security framework of the country. I trust that you shall continue to march shoulder to shoulder with my leadership towards building on the gains we have recorded so far in our onslaught against criminal elements that are bent of negatively altering our national values for peace and communal security as we project into Year 2023.
- Our part, I assure you that we shall continue to offer a purposeful and all-inclusive leadership that will address your welfare, career, and operational concerns in such a manner as to inspire you to sustain your professional excellence in the line of your duties. Indeed, these have been and will remain the hallmarks of my leadership.
“It is in fact, in furtherance to this that I have ensured that the promotion regime in the Force under my leadership remained steady, timely and built strictly on merit and seniority. This is because as a seasoned Police Chief, I appreciate that promotion policy, if exposed to abuses, could demotivate officers, threaten effective command and control, and engender indiscipline in the Force like in any other organization. However, if promotion is delivered in a standardized, meritorious, and transparent manner, anxiety and abuses will be removed, the system will remain stabilized, and officers will be elevated within their competencies, rather than patronage.
“Let me make it clear here that much as I acknowledge that special promotion could be desirable, my conviction is that in the overriding interest of the Force, it should be considered only in isolated and exceptional instances where the performances of the officers concerned are measurable and manifestly extraordinary as the case with the officers in Abia State that successfully busted the deadly trans-state bullion van armed robbery syndicate recently, all of whom have been approved for special promotion in acknowledgement of their gallantry, and professional excellence.
” It is, therefore, essential that you take this message back to personnel in your command that the days of abuse of the promotion process in the Force are over and it will be fruitless for any personnel to attempt to circumvent the professional order in relation to promotion under my watch. In this context, I am glad to note that so far within this year, a total of 34, 595 personnel across all ranks have been promoted. We intend to sustain this policy in the coming Year.
“Aside this, in the outgoing Year, we continued to strengthen our operational capacity with the acquisition of more critical operational assets. In furtherance to this, we recently commissioned and inducted five (5) state-of-the-art Police Combat Gunboats into the operations of the Marine Section of the Force. The resolve to acquire these critical assets was informed by the realization that most crimes within the country are increasingly being perfected by criminal elements who take advantage of the security gaps on our waterways. We shall continue to strengthen our partnership with the Nigerian Navy (NN), the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), National Inland Waterways (NIWA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in deterring waterways borne crimes.
” Also within the year, we drew on our budgetary allocation to procure two hundred and twenty-one (221) patrol vehicles; fifty-five (55) lorries, ten (10) Tata Troop Carriers and fifteen (15) Armoured Personnel Carriers. To complement this effort, in January 2022, The Nigeria Police Trust Fund also procured and distributed to Commands and Formations across the nation two hundred (200) operational vehicles.
” Other operational items that were procured this year include five thousand, one hundred and sixty (5,160) Civil Disorder Control Equipment; six thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three (6,723) Bullet Proof Vests; five thousand, two hundred and twelve (5,212) Ballistic Helmets; two thousand, one hundred and ten (2,110) Anti-Riot Helmets all of which were acquired as part of our civil disorder and election security management pland. The Force also established an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and procured five (5) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance and operational support and three Combat Drones to deal with complex special police operations across the country.
Let me also use this opportunity to condole with all our colleagues who paid the supreme sacrifice in the line of their duty and those with life threatening injuries in the line of their duties in the outgoing year. Our prayers, support and goodwill shall remain with them and their families now and eternally
- I wish to reassure all Nigerians and the global community of our firm determination to guarantee credible elections in 2023. In this drive, however, we solicit the cooperation of all citizens and strategic stakeholders, particularly, members of the fourth estate of the realm who as critical opinion moulders could wittingly or unwittingly become tools to advance hate speeches and expose the democratic space to avoidable tension.
” I also specially appreciate His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for continually inspiring and supporting us in our drive to reposition the Nigeria Police Force. I assure His Excellency that the Force will not let him down in the dream legacy of deepening democracy, neither will we let the nation down in the quest for a peaceful and security internal security space.
