Police to strengthen presence in FCT satellite towns

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Ahmed Sanusi has announced plans to strengthen police presence across FCT satellite towns. Sanusi who announced this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, blamed the current poor police presence in some satellite towns in the FCT on inadequate manpower. […]

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Ahmed Sanusi has announced plans to strengthen police presence across FCT satellite towns.

Sanusi who announced this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, blamed the current poor police presence in some satellite towns in the FCT on inadequate manpower.

He expressed optimism that the situation would improve with the ongoing recruitment exercise of 50,000 Constables into the Nigeria Police Force.

“I have observed that the Criminal Investigation Department in the command is currently having more than required staff.

“Our plan is to cut down the number of personnel in the department by 50 per cent and redeploy them to Divisional Headquarters to boost police presence at the satellite towns,” he said.

The CP said that the news conference was part of the FCT command’s sustained efforts at keeping residents of the territory informed of its operations, recoveries and arrests.

He said the command had intensified intelligence-led policing, surveillance, and targeted operations across all areas within the FCT. (NAN)