Insurgency: Police high command deploys DIG, others to restore civil authority in N-East

Abuja—Following recent successes recorded by the nation’s security forces in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists and the recovery of all territories hitherto taken by the group, the Police High Command has deployed a team of officers, led by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Sotonye Wakama, to evaluate and assess the epicentre of the battle for return of civil authority.

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The police in a statement signed by FPRO, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, said: “The Force Management Team has taken a step towards the restoration of civil authority in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states and some of the liberated areas in the North East as it deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sotonye Wakama, to move with a team of intelligence officers to the area for need assessment and other scooping activities.”

The statement quoted the IGP, Solomon Arase, as noting that the Police was carrying out a scooping mission to relieve the military of some duties for law and order to be restored in that part of the country.
Emphasizing that guaranteeing the safety of persons and property, and restoring public trust in the maintenance of order and stability remained the cardinal keys in re-establishing a working society after violent conflict, the IGP disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force would deploy more personnel and equipment to the North East to provide Police security and create a secure environment necessary for the return of IDPs to their respective communities.

Arase reiterated that the Nigeria Police Force placed high value on the preservation of human life and believed that the prevention of crime was its number one operational priority and would, therefore, involve the community in the delivery of these services.

Insisting that police operational response would result in an improved quality of life for citizens, the IGP called on all stakeholders, especially the media, to give maximum cooperation to police officers and other law enforcement agencies to ensure the restoration of civil authority and successful integration of the people displaced by the activities of Boko Haram insurgency.