Insecurity: Nigerian Police to train 10,000 constables to carry arms

The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that 10,000 Constables volition acquisition a two-week intensive drilling to heighten their firearms skills.

The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone F, AIG Benneth C. Igweh, disclosed this during an authoritative sojourn to the Niger State Police Command connected Thursday .

He explained that upon completion of the grooming exercise, the Constables volition beryllium authorized to transportation arms, bolstering the Police Force’s capableness to respond to emerging threats.

Igweh revealed that the determination is aimed astatine curbing insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and different transgression activities plaguing the country.

He explained, “Training the Constables would summation participation, manpower and provides them with agility required to combat and support the state and it’s citizens.”

Igweh emphasized the value of assemblage engagement successful maintaining instrumentality and order, advocating for associated policing that empowers each stakeholders to instrumentality action, adding, “Everyone has a relation to play successful keeping our communities safe, and powerfulness to apprehension those who interruption the instrumentality has been fixed to everyone successful the society.”

Earlier, Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, lamented that insecurity successful the authorities has remained a situation successful villages bordering Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara states.

“Challenges of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and farmers/herders clashes are prevailing astatine Munya, Mariga, Rafi, Shiroro, and parts of Kontagora section governments which shares borderline with Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna states.”

The CP explained that the bid successful its effort to tackle insecurity is synergizing with different sister agencies, specified arsenic Army, DSS, Immigration, FRSC, NDLEA, Civil Defense Corps and Federal Fire Service for holistic policing and extortion of lives and property.

He listed immoderate challenges confronting the Command to see younker restiveness, inadequate logistics, inadequate operational vehicles, shortage of manpower, and deficiency of bureau operation and accommodation.