The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, on Sunday , October 9, 2022, concluded a six-day duty tour of six Northern states to commission state-of-the-art projects completed by his administration.
The projects included modern police stations with barracks attached to them, renovation of vital police infrastructure such as police training schools, buildings for tailoring department and the band section, among others.
In the course of commissioning the projects and engaging community stakeholders as part of a confidence building exercise, the IGP and his team travelled by road and conducted patrols from Abuja to Kaduna; Kaduna to Kano; Kano to Kazaure (Jigawa State); Kazaure to Dandagoro (Katsina State); Kano to Damaturu (Yobe State) [tranversing parts of Jigawa and Bauchi State); Damaturu (Yobe) to Benisheik (Borno State); Benisheik to Maiduguri in Borno State.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, it was said that the IGP assured police officers of his administration’s commitment to entrenching sustainable drives for the protection of lives and property within the country, adding that a similar road trip to commission projects in the Southern part of the country would commence in earnest.
Also, the IGP reiterated the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to harness all means of improving internal security architecture of Nigeria through better condition of service, rejigged Standard Operating Procedure and robust human/community relations.
