From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger State Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Bala Kuryas has said three hundred and twenty three suspects (326) were arrested for major offences by the command in the last 14 months.
Kuryas made this known during his valedictory speech and retirement pull out parade at Police Training School in Minna.
He said that 284 of the suspects were prosecuted while 42 others are being investigated.
He noted that on assumption of office in the state, insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, youth restiveness and pockets of communal clashes were the challenges especially in about 7 local governments but had been reduced maximally.
The outgoing CP however appreciated the synergy with the other sister security agencies as well as the stakeholders in enhancing the objectives.
He stated that the Nigeria Police Force is yet to get its shape and advised the federal government to provide adequate equipment, logistics and better welfare package to perform its constitutional role optimally.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state represented by the commissioner for Internal Affairs and Humanitarian Services, Emmanuel Umar appreciated the outgoing CP.
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