The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, has said that the Nigeria Police have made improvements in technology in all its operations to tackle new waves of banditry and kidnapping in the country.
According to the Baba, the Marine unit has been reactivated, crime section digitalised, drones have been acquired while the Technical Intelligent Unit is fully functional to cope with new trends in crime and criminality.
The IGP who is in Akwa Ibom for the commissioning of the Special Protection Unit base in Onna Local Council of the state disclosed this while addressing officers and men of the State command in Uyo on Wednesday.
He said the Nigeria Police would continue to update to contain the ever dynamic crime waves adding that training and retraining has been the cardinal point of the present administration.
“Crime and criminality is a dynamic thing; it is not something that is static. It moves with time, it moves with modernisation, it moves with technology. Nobody has ever told us that human beings can be stolen, now we see human beings being stolen and taken away and they’re asking you to bring money. That is new crime which is called kidnapping. We know of armed robbery and now we started hearing of armed banditry.
“So we must work with time modernity and therefore one of our cardinal principles in the job now is to train and retrain ourselves.,So training is the cardinal point of our administration. We just started training our 10,000 recruits effective last Monday and we have been able to change the curriculum to reflect modernism.
“Since we came we have gotten a lot,we have just been given 200 brand of Pick Up vehicles that are very strong by the Police Trust Fund. We have made our Airwings very effective, we are proud of putting six helicopters on the air at one time.
“Our Marine segment has been reactivated,our Technical Intelligent Unit is3 working. We have acquired drones,we have digitalised our crime section. We have involved a lot of technology in our works.” The IGP said.
The IG however regretted that secessionists in the South East had weakened and demoralized the Force before the launching of Operation Restore Peace with unprovoked attacks and killings ,adding that the force is working tirelessly to equip itself with tools to aid operations.
In a remark,state commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme lauded the IGP for his result-oriented policies which are in line with global best practices
Amiengheme said though there had been improvoked attacks since he assumed office as the 30th commissioner of Police, the measures he initiated by rejigging the security apparatuses of the state has starting yielding fruits.
He commended the collaboration between the Nigeria Police and the support of the state government in preventing and fighting crime in the state
