Abuja-Kaduna Road Kidnappings: IGP Transfers Officers In Affected States
…Promotes Late Inspector Musa Posthumously
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has directed the immediate transfer of Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, other officers, Inspectors, rank and files serving in the Area Commands, Police Divisions and Out Post situated along the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria highways.
The transfer is to start from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Niger and Kaduna States.
Forefront gathered that the development may not be unconnected with reports that most of the kidnappings along the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria highways in the affected commands are usually in connivance with officers and men of the Nigeria Police.
The IGP said to ensure total success of operations, “Absolute Sanity” currently ongoing on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway aimed at routing out gangs of kidnappers and armed robbers terrorizing Abuja-Kaduna Highway, new Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, other superior Police Officers, Inspectors and rank and files have been posted to take over from the outgoing ones.
He said that the redeployment is to bring in new experience and fresh impetus to the fights against kidnappings, armed robberies and other violent crimes on these Highways, and ensure full execution of Operations Absolute Sanity’s strategies in achieving the stipulated mandates of the operations.
Meanwhile, IGP Idris has promoted post-humously late Inspector Idris Musa to the rank of an Assistant Superintendent of Police for act of bravery, gallantry and supreme sacrifice of losing his life in active service to his fatherland, Nigeria and the Nigeria Police Force.
While directing that the Late Officer should be given befitting burial, the IGP said the late Police Officer will be remembered as one of the heroes of the Nigeria Police Force in the fight against Boko-Haram insurgency in Nigeria.
Late Inspector Musa eventually died at about 0100hrs on July 24, 2017 from injury he sustained along with two other Police Officers who survived when they came under IEDs attack from the remnant of Boko Haram insurgents who were moving out to attack public centres, place of worships and other locations in Kano metropolis in the early hours of July 23, 2017
