Afrigather The Niger State Police Command has acknowledged that it had arrested 326 suspects for numerous offences.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kuryas, throughout his retirement pull-out parade on the Police Coaching Faculty in Minna, on Thursday.
Kuryas acknowledged that 284 of the arrested suspects had been charged to courtroom and efficiently prosecuted whereas 42 suspects have been underneath investigation and awaiting trial.
“The arrests and prosecution have been made between August 10 2021, after I resumed because the Niger State commissioner of police to October 2022.” He mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that the suspects have been arrested for offences starting from culpable murder, armed theft, kidnapping, cattle rustling, rape to illegal possession of firearms.
Kuryas added that the state was at present having fun with relative peace from insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, youth restiveness and communal clashes because of efforts put in by the command.
“We addressed the challenges of youth restiveness in Minna metropolis by means of raids of legal hideouts and house-to-house search of the miscreants who have been disturbing the peace of the metropolis and virtually 200 suspects have been arrested.
“When the controversy of their launch throughout prosecution got here up, we needed to accomplice with the judiciary and re-arrested lots of them whereas the Ministry of Justice took over their prosecution. Because of this, lots of them have been convicted and they’re serving jail phrases in numerous custodial centres.”
He known as on the Federal Authorities to offer ample tools for the police, including that in his 32 years of service the police power was but to be in one of the best form.
“Let me make my humble suggestion as I’m exiting the Nigeria Police Power, the police power is but to be in one of the best form and due to this fact, I hereby humbly advise the Federal Authorities to offer ample tools resembling sufficient armoured personnel carriers, anti-riot tools, bulletproof vests, operational autos, helmets, lengthy and brief vary tear gasoline and different subtle arms to the police to allow the power to carry out its constitutional function optimally. “
