IGP Arase Deploys Special Squad and Helicopter To Kogi

                    

 The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has deployed four units of mobile policemen and 32 special anti robbery squad and a helicopter To Kogi state to stem the tide of armed robbery and Kidnapping.

.Receiving the squad and the material at the Government House, Lokoja, on Tuesday, the state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello, warned criminal element and their sponsors to relocate from the state or face the full wrath of the law.
The governor said the state government was ready to collaborate with the security operatives to ensure that criminals are flushed out of the state.

"The state government is ever ready to give all the necessary support to the security agents in the state to assist in tackling the menace of kidnapping which he noted had given Kogi State a bad image.

 "In my inauguration speech, I vowed to have a state where citizens will  sleep with their two eyes closed, where people will do their legitimate businesses without hindrance, where travellers will pass through without any harassment or molestation by any criminal.

"But in recent time the increase in crime wave is worrisome and as a result of that, I cried to the President of this country and the Inspector General of Police and today we are receiving four units of mobile policemen from the IG of police including special anti robbery squad and a helicopter. These men will face the criminals squarely until they bring them to their knees.

"We will have our own operational guideline, which will conform to the world best practices. Myself and the CP in charge of the state will arrange it in a way that criminal will not have a hiding place anywhere within the state." Bello said