The Nigerian Police said that it is stepping up the fight against criminals and terrorists in order to get better result in 2014.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7 Command, covering the FCT, Niger and Kaduna states, Mister Suleiman Abba, told journalists on Tuesday that the Police would do everything possible to stamp out hoodlums within its area of jurisdiction.
He said that although there was a significant reduction in crimes in 2013, the year 2014 would witness more stringent strategies. He added that such incidences as occurred in Kaduna on Monday where four policemen were gunned down by unknown gunmen would not be tolerated this year.
The four Policemen who were attached to a new generation bank were allegedly killed when some unknown gunmen attacked a bullion van along the Nnamdi Azikiwe by-pass in Kaduna metropolis.
Abba’s declaration of new strategies comes on a day in which the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division Enugu, Major-General Adebayo Olaniyi, also called for nationwide synergy between security agencies in fighting crime.
Olaniyi, while speaking at the Akim Barracks in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, noted that the successes achieved in oil theft, piracy and kidnapping in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States would not have been reached in isolation of one security agency, but in collaboration of the Armed Forces and other security personnel.
