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FCTA Security services promise holistic operation to smoke out criminals operating in FCT

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

The Department of Security Service, of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has promised to unleash a holistic security operation to smoke out criminals operating within the FCT, Abuja.

The department’s Secretary, Command and Control Centre, Dr Peter Olumuji, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, while reacting to the recent security concerns in some parts of FCT.

Olumuji told newsman that the capital city was relatively secure throughout the festive season following improved security operations, adding that residents thronged recreational parks and other centres to have fun during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
However, agreed that there were some attacks, particularly around Bwari Area Council’s axis, where a community was attacked but were repelled by the security in collaboration with vigilantes and hunters.

“Yes, there were pockets of attacks in one or two of the villages within the council, but the security agencies being complimented by the vigilantes and the hunters were able to repeal the attacks.”

“On Jan. 3, the Police Commissioner, FCT Command, along with his tactical team paid a confidence building visit to the Bwari Area Councils and most communities experiencing kidnapping.”

“The FCTA has also asked the police commissioner to deploy more manpower, vehicular assets, and tactical team to the area, which he has done. So Bwari is fully covered.”

“Before now, people have been complaining about Kuje, Kwali, Jikwoi, among others, but there was no reported incident in these areas within the festive period. This should tell you that security in FCT is improving on a daily basis,” he said.

Olujimi further assured residents that the security agencies have up their game to suffocate all criminal elements operating within the city, particularly along border communities.

He noted that the current security challenges affecting the city were basically in the neighbouring communities of Niger, Kaduna, Kogi and Nasarawa states.

He explained that criminal elements come into FCT from the neighbouring states, commit crime and go back, adding that security agencies have deployed personnel to fortify the border communities.

He called on the security chiefs of the G-7 security initiative, comprising FCT and its neighbouring states of Benue, Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger and Plateau, to live up to their responsibilities.

He explained that the initiative was to strengthen collaboration among the security chiefs in FCT and the six contiguous states, to tackle cross-border security challenges.

While acknowledging the gains recorded so far, the secretary said that the FCT still bears the larger burden of the G7 and urged the other states to do the needful from their own end.

“If they do what we are doing, especially in the border communities, that will help to dismantle criminals coming from the states to commit crime in FCT and go back”, Olumuji stated.

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