IGP rolls out new counter kidnapping strategies
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has rolled out new counter-kidnapping strategies as he assures an end to violent crimes in the country.
The new counter-kidnapping strategies rolled out on Thursday according to the inspector general are targeted at identifying, locating and dismantling kidnapping gangs and bringing them to justice.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, stated that the strategies were designed to complement and strengthen the ongoing ‘Operaton Puff Adder’ nationwide.
While commending the general public for their patience, the police boss reassured the nation of adequate security to make the nation safer.
The operation it stated would involve the deployment of undercover operatives, decoy operations and high-level tactical missions with active participation of operatives drawn from the conventional police, the force intelligence unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squads (SARS), the special anti-kidnapping squads and the police tactical units comprising the mobile force, the counter terrorism unit and the special forces.
Meanwhile, police operatives from ‘Operation Puff Adder’ have rescued unhurt 27 kidnap victims, including five Chinese nationals. The Chinese citizens who were earlier kidnapped on April 15, 2019 in Bobi, Niger state were safely and successfully rescued on May5, 2019 from a forest in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna state, following painstaking investigative efforts, including both air and ground surveillance.
Two of the kidnappers died from injuries sustained during exchange of gun fire with the police in the course of the rescue mission. Twenty-two other kidnap victims were rescued in Zamfara state and other parts of the country.
