New Commissioner of Police in Delta – State Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa has promised hard times for criminals in the State.
Inuwa who took over from CP Adeyinka Adeleke, who is proceeding on a course to the National Institute of Policy and Strategy Studies in Jos with immediate effect, said his mission to the state was to fight crime and protect the indigenes.
Inuwa who took over the mantle of leadership at exactly 1:37pm on Thursday ,January 2 , declared that he has come to build a formidable security structure from where his predecessor stopped.
He, therefore, said:
” I will not condone any form of criminality in the State. It is going to be fire for fire against criminals who may not want to repent and turn a new leaf. Though no society is insulated from crime, I will not tolerate heinous crime. I am using this medium to warn bandits who parade as herdsmen, armed robbers, kidnappers, and others to steer clear from innocent citizens in the state because as far as the Command under me is concerned, we will not tolerate mindless crimes and criminality.
“Of course you know that police alone cannot solve criminality; so we need the cooperation of all. We need the public to cooperate with us and make sure they report all forms of criminality around them to us. I will make my number available for all; we need the partnership of everybody if we must respond adequately to the security needs of citizens of Delta State.
“Let me also warn my officers and men, to desist from any act capable of tarnishing the image of the police. I will again not tolerate any act of indiscipline, connivance, and indolence. We need to work professionally and with a commitment to tackle security challenges bedeviling our society”, Inuwa, affirmed.
Inuwa who was born on March 21, 1964, at Ringim LGA of Jigawa State, was enlisted into the Nigerian Police Force on 3rd March 1990 after attending the elite Police Academy in Kaduna.
He was promoted as Commissioner of Police on October 31, 2017. His last place of the assignment was Cross-River State from where he was nominated for a course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategy Studies (NIPSS) before being posted to Delta.
However, he pledged to leverage on the existing security mechanism already in place towards enthroning the reign of peace and safety in Delta State.
