The Federal Capital Territory(FCT), police commissioner Benneth Igweh, has ordered the arrest of all unregistered vehicles and vehicles with a single number plate in the territory. Igweh, said the order has become necessary in a bid to stop kidnapping and other violent crimes ravaging the city and its environs. The commissioner gave the order in his maiden meeting with Management Team, leaders of all tactical units and Heads of Departments of the FCT Police Command comprising Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers(DPOs) and other senior officers of the command over the weekend.
FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the meeting is aimed at revamping the approach of the already existing security framework and to set in motion the plan to ensure the safety of residents in the Federal Capital Territory.
The CP, while addressing the officers, urged them to embrace intelligence led policing, visibility policing through constant stop and search duty in the fight against criminality. He emphasized on the need to adopt effective community partnership in the discharge of their duties, as he will have zero tolerance for laxity. He also tasked the heads of the tactical units to identify black spots, possible kidnappers’ den in the Territory and ensure they take the fight to them. He ordered total clampdown of vehicles without number plates or with a single number plate plying the FCT roads.
The commissioner reiterated his readiness to combat criminality in the Territory, as he called on residents to collaborate with the Police in the fight against crime and to avoid boarding vehicles along the road and unapproved parks.
He urged residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines ; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.
THE SUN
