By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello has encouraged the police and other security personnel to sustain the fight against crime in Abuja.
He gave the charge when the new Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, Kayode Egbetokun visited him yesterday.
The Minister said that a lot of progress has been made in the fight against serious crime such as kidnapping especially in the rural areas of the FCT with the arrest of kidnappers as well as their financiers and supporters.
Bello explained that the fight had led to the rescue of many victims and called on the AIG to ensure that the progress recorded continues.
“I want to say that within the recent past, a lot of progress has been made by your officers and men, starting from your zone, the Command of the FCT, as well as the DPO levels and I think this is very commendable.
“The issue of kidnapping had been of grave concern especially to our rural communities. I’m very happy that tremendous success has been recorded in the last few weeks, resulting in a lot of releases, rescue and also arrest of those who are involved, including their financiers and their supporters. I pray that this continues”
Bello said that the relationship between the FCT Administration and the police Zonal Command is a very long symbiotic partnership in which the FCTA will continue to provide the needed support and requirement to the police to enable it effectively carry out its responsibilities, which will ultimately augur well for the country and send out the right signals to the international community.
He urged the new AIG to work hard in his new post and wished him the best saying that serving in the FCT has a lot of advantages.
The Minister said: “Serving in the FCT has a lot of advantage. If you work very well, easily, it is seen. If you look at the history of all those who served as AIG Zone 7, most of them ended up being propelled to higher responsibilities. My prayer to you is that you will serve well here and may God make it easy for you and make you have a very successful tenure.
In his remarks, AIG Kayode Egbetokun said that the primary purpose of his visit to the FCTA was to express his appreciation to the FCT Minister for his commitment to ensuring security in the FCT and for the support granted to Zone 7 and FCT Police Command, especially for the operational vehicles given to the police in 2022.
