Armed Bandit Attacks: IGP Deploys New Commissioner Of Police To Zamfara

BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – Following recent attacks by armed bandits in Zamfara State, a new Commissioner of Police, previously the Commissioner of Police, Federal Operations. has been redeployed to the troubled state and has since resumed duty.

A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood, also said that additional police personnel comprising 20 units of Police Mobile Force, 10-Cells of Counter Terrorism Unit, and Special Police Forces and two thousand conventional police personnel in compliance with the Presidential directive have equally been posted to the State.

Moshood said the new Commissioner of Police has been mandated by the Inspector General of Police to re-jig the security architecture of the State.

The IGP specifically directed the Commissioner of Police to quell the recent attacks by armed bandits on villagers and other innocent Nigerians at Shinkafi and Maradun Local Government Areas of the State and restore lasting peace, security and normalcy to the state.