Insecurity: FCT Police command orders clampdown on unregistered vehicles

The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, mni, has ordered a revamp of the security approach and a total clampdown on unregistered vehicles to revamp the security approach that will ensure the safety of Abuja residents. 

 

CP Igweh gave these directives while meeting with the Management Team, leaders of all tactical units and Heads of Departments of the FCT Police Command comprising Area Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) on Saturday 3rd February 2024.

The meeting which he deemed necessary is aimed at revamping the approach of the already existing security framework and setting in motion the plan to ensure the safety of residents in the Federal Capital Territory.

 

The CP, while addressing the officers, urged them to embrace intelligence-led policing, and visibility policing through constant stop and search duty in the fight against criminality. He emphasised the need to adopt effective community partnerships in the discharge of their duties, as he will have zero tolerance for laxity.

 

He also tasked the heads of the tactical units to identify black spots, and possible kidnappers’ dens in the Territory and ensure they take the fight to them. 

 

He ordered a total clampdown of vehicles without number plates or with a single number plate plying the FCT roads. 

 

CP Benneth C. Igweh mni, reiterated his readiness to combat criminality in the Territory, as he called on residents to collaborate with the Police in the fight against crime and to avoid boarding vehicles along the road and unapproved parks.

 

He urged residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.

Recall that the Police High Command on Friday paraded 17 suspects arrested over alleged involvement in criminal activities ranging from conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery, and cattle rustling to motorcycle snatching across the states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.