Kaduna/Abuja highway now safe for the public —IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Baba Alkali Usman has assured that the Kaduna/Abuja highway is now safe for the public. 

He gave the assurance during an interaction with newsmen after undertaking a patrol on the highway with some senior officers. 

According to him, adequate deployment of men and assets to protect lives and property along the route has been provided to make the road safe.

He also said he had mapped out some salient and strategic points along the expressway which were immediately fortified with the deployment of operatives drawn from the different units of the force. 

The IGP reiterated that 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 have been deployed on the road. 

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He assured that with the strategic and operational deployment of officers along the route, normalcy would once again be restored. 

The IGP tasked members of the public with active intelligence sharing with Law Enforcement Agencies for effective policing of all spaces.

During the patrol, IGP Alkali equally visited personnel of the Armed Forces and Police deployed at Rijana to secure technical crew of the Nigeria Railway Corporation undertaking repair works at the damaged train coaches and rail line in the axis, to boost their morale and assess the state of their post.