Security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday briefed the FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike, on their successes in the past three weeks regarding operations against the theft of infrastructure, manholes, and electricity wires by vandals.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, disclosed this to newsmen after a Security Committee meeting chaired by the FCT Minister.
Disu, who commented on instances where police make arrests and the criminal suspects then just get out of the court with a pat on the back of their hands, also said security agencies are going to have meetings with the judiciary to discuss the observations to ensure improvements.
He said, “At the briefing, we, the security operatives, came together to brief the Honourable Minister about the successes of the past three weeks, especially having to do with the operations on the theft of infrastructure, the manhole, and all the electricity wires being stolen by vandals. The operation has been successful and the Minister was very happy with the outcome. We briefed him that we have gotten to the stage of profiling those that will be taking part in the recognised Panteka.
“At the same time, the Minister was briefed about the clearance operation going on in all areas of our neighbouring states bordering the Federal Capital Territory. The military, the civil defence, and the police have been embarking on a lot of clearance, having noticed that these bandits are about to be moving towards the Federal Capital Territory.
“This clearance operation has been going on, and it has been very, very successful. It has been contributing to the peace you have been noticing for the past one or two weeks.
“We finally decided that we are going to involve security operatives and other states bordering the FCT in joint meetings, joint collaboration, and joint operations so that we can jointly have an outlook on how to police our various states. We do not want incidents of a particular state embarking on this clearance operation, and the insurgents will be moving towards other areas of the nation.
“And then at the end of the day, it has been concluded that the activities of the task force comprising all the six agencies will continue. And then different tasks have been given to them and we are looking forward to this collaboration, which has been very, very successful.
“The courts have a lot of powers. But at the same time, we have our concerns. You also mentioned the issue of somebody who was arrested some time ago by the police for vandalising government property, and then he was given a light punishment of community service, and he went back, and then he got electrocuted.
“We are going to have meetings with the judiciary. We have scheduled meetings with them. We are going to discuss our observations, and then I’m sure there should be improvements. Because it’s painful to take time to effect arrests and then they just get out of the court with a pat on the back of their hands.”
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