Olatunji Disu, the Inspector-General of Police, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Mobile Police Force to tackle insurgency and banditry across the country
He noted that the success of the Federal Government’s drive to quell insurgency and banditry would depend largely on the operational readiness of the Police Mobile Force.
The IG stated this on Saturday while declaring open a training course for trainers and instructors of the Mobile Police Force at the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ende Hills, in Nasarawa State.
Speaking on the presidential directive to security chiefs, the IG said President Bola Tinubu had given clear marching orders to all service commanders to restore peace in the country.
“The President said, ‘Call all the service commanders,’ and give marching orders: bring back peace to the country, quell insurgency, quell banditry. And everybody is going out to do that.
“But I know the biggest success for this can only come from us — from us! Because you, Mobile Police officers, you are trained on how to combat insurgency. You have that ability; you have that training,” he told the participants.
He added that until the Mobile Police Force was fully ready, it would be difficult to reduce insurgency, noting that the entire nation was depending on the Force to deliver.
“And I know that until the Mobile Police is ready, insurgency will be difficult to reduce. So I want us to bring back that training. I want us to bring back that ability, because the whole nation, all Nigerians, are depending on you and me,” he said.
The IGP explained that the expansion of the PMF to 84 squadrons nationwide was part of efforts to reposition the Force to meet Nigeria’s complex security challenges, which include terrorism, banditry, armed criminality, communal violence and attacks on critical infrastructure.
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