The inspector-general of police, Usman Baba Alkali, yesterday led police officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway to assess the security challenges and to supervise the operational deployment of police officers to ensure safety of travelers along the road.
Force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in the course of the patrol, the IGP mapped out some salient and strategic points along the road which were immediately fortified with the deployment of operatives drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Forces (SF), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Special Tactical Squad (STS) as well as air wing operatives in charge of unmanned aerial vehicles of the force.
The IGP, during the patrol, 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.
The inspector-general said the road was now safe while assuring of more and adequate deployment of security personnel.
He added that he would not leave any stone unturned until the security improves. The police spokesman said the inspector-general of police assured that with the strategic and operational deployment of officers along the route, normalcy would be restored while he tasked members of the public on active intelligence sharing with law enforcement agencies for effective policing of all spaces
