By Hassan Zaggi
The newly posted Commissioner of Police (CP) to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sadiq Idris Abubakar, has given Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and other heads of units marching order to ensure that there is adequate security in all nooks and crannies of the capital city as residents celebrate Christmas and New year.
He gave the marching order in a statement signed by the Command Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh (DSP), as he announced the ban on sales and use of Fireworks, knockouts, fire-crackers in all parts of the FCT.
The order to ban sales and use of fireworks, according to the CP, was “part of proactive move by the Police to sustain the relative peace in the FCT, and adequately contain crimes and criminality, particularly ones peculiar to the end of the year and the Christmas and New Year festivities.”
He, therefore, ordered the deployment both covert and overt security apparatus to ensure residents of the FCT enjoy the Yuletide season in a relatively calm environment.
CP Idris, “further ordered all Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Police Units within the FCT to carry out due enforcement of the ban and ensure that anyone who violates the order is arrested and brought to book.”
He reassured that the Police remained committed to the safety, security and peaceful co-existence of all residents in the FCT.
The CP further assured the residents of capital city of a new dispensation of professional policing, and improved public safety and security.
He equally warned criminal elements in the FCT to steer clear and commit to legitimate ventures, noting the resolve of the Command under his watch to make the capital city uncomfortable for crimes and criminality.
While enjoining the good people of FCT to be vigilant and security conscious, he urged members of the public to promptly report any suspicious activity within their locality via the commands emergency numbers 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.
The newly deployed CP who assumed duty on December 23, as the 29th Commissioner of Police in-charge of the FCT, urged residents to continue to support the Police, as, according to him, security is a collective responsibility of all.
CP Idris took over from CP Babaji Sunday who has since been redeployed to serve as Commandant, Police College Maiduguri..
CP Idris, a member of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru-Jos, holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Masters of Education in Educational Psychology, both from University of Abuja.
He also holds a Bachelor of Science Education (BSc.Ed) degree in Geography from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.
CP Idris enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in 1992, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and has since served the Force and the country at large in diverse capacities. These include Commanding Officer 15 Squadron Police Mobile Force (PMF) Ilorin, Kwara State; Chief of Training, Directorate of Peacekeeping Operations, FHQ, Abuja; Police Contingent Commander to Guinea Bissau, ECOWAS Standby Force; and Commandant, PMF Training College Ila-Orangun, Osun State.
He was the Commissioner of Police Peacekeeping Operations and Coordinator Police Special Forces before his nomination for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute between February and December, 2022.
CP Idris has attended many courses, seminars, conferences and workshops both within and outside Nigeria. Some of these include: Advance Detective Course, Police Staff College Jos; PMF Commanders’ Combat Course, PMF training College, Ila-Orangun Osun State; Basic Infantry Tactics for Counter-Terrorism, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna; ECOWAS Standby Force Map Exercise, Kofi Anan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra Ghana; United Nations (UN) Special Police Assessment Team (SPAT) Workshop, Amman, Jordan; Senior Management Course, KAIPTC, Accra Ghana; ECOWAS Workshop on Special Force Doctrine and Structure; UN Chief of Police Summit, New York, amongst others.
