The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Muhammad Bello, has assured that with the current improved synergy with other sister agencies operating in the state, the narratives will change in the next couple of weeks.
The Commissioner made this declaration at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Zamfara State Secretariat on Wednesday during a familiarisation visit paid to the NUJ Council executives and Correspondents’ Chapel.
CP Bello, while responding to a question fielded by Journalists, said both the federal and state governments have jointly assured the welfare of personnel serving at the war front, which was aimed at boosting their morale in the fights against security challenges, their hazard allowances and life insurance cover, as well as giving adequate care for their families.
He opined that, just barely one week of his resumption as Commissioner of Police in the state, there was an attack by bandits on ‘Yar Katsinan Laka, a village under Bungudu local government area, where the Command lost two Police personnel and one other injured, who has since been hospitalised at one of the federal government hospitals.
According to him, in the course of heavy firefights at ‘Yar Katsinan Laka just a few weeks ago, eleven bandits were neutralised during their first attack in the village, while another thirty-nine more of them were also deleted by the gallant Police personnel.
“We received an intelligence that the bandits would come back to the same village for reprisal, and we quickly reviewed the security architecture that did not give room for that. At this juncture, I am assuring good people of Zamfara State that the narrations will change very soon”, CP Bello has assured.
He reiterated that, with the reviewed security architecture, no senior Police Officer should remain reclining chairs and enjoying air conditioning in the office, but must be out as the junior Officers are out there working to restore peace in the state.
The Commissioner further revealed that he recently met with the state governor to discuss issues of security for the state. During the meeting, “I recommended that all abandoned trees by the roadside located in some areas in the state should be removed as they give the bandits a cover and shield to carry out their nasty operations.
