The Police in Delta State on Tuesday paraded a suspected
militant on a jailbreak mission to Ogwashi medium prisons, apprehended by an
18-year-old Fulani herdsman, Sani Ibrahim of Fulani Camp Ogwashi-Uku.
The suspect, Sekemia Fullpower
of Yakoromor town, Burutu, Delta State, told journalists he was on a mission to
set free members of his gang who were arrested by federal troops at Ayakoromor,
Burutu Local Government Area of the state.
Parading the militant suspect
along with 14 other suspects at the state Police Command headquarters in Asaba,
the new Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Alhaji Mustafa said the Fulani
complainant sighted the suspect around Fulani Camp, Ogwashi-Uku, near the
prison yard, in a suspicious manner.
According to the CP, Ibrahim
held the suspect and raised an alarm attracting other members of the camp, who
arrested Sekemia Fullpower with a polythene bag containing some cans of
chemicals suspected to be improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The suspect confessed to
journalists that he manufactured the IEDs found with him and was on a mission
to free his gang members who were in prison custody at Ogwashi-Uku.
Earlier in his first media
interaction, CP Mustafa thanked the state government and the people for their
continuous support, assuring of his readiness to work in synergy with other
security agencies, the media, well-meaning individuals and organisations in the
state.
"My leadership of the
command will do everything humanly possible towards ensuring adequate security
of life and property of the citizens. To this end, our officers and men have
been directed never to rest on their oars in securing their areas of
responsibilities.
“My administration will
encourage mutual respect between the Police and the public. It will neither
condone any act of corruption and impunity on the part of our personnel, nor
lawlessness nor disregard for constituted authority on the part of the
citizenry.
“We must all collaborate in the
fight against the common enemies of the society – criminals of all descriptions
– kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists and criminal herdsmen, etc.
“I implore you to continue to
cooperate with us, since you are also critical stakeholders in the security
project. Permit me, however, to counsel that your reportage of events should at
all times be guided by the principles of objectivity and fairness. You should
always consider the security implications of every report before publication,”
the CP admonished.
He identified cultism as
worrisome menace in the state and urged ‘Anti-Cult Volunteers’ in various parts
of the state and the “Delta State Anti-Cult Committee”, which he inaugurated,
to interact with the youths in institutions of learning and the communities in
order to educate them on the dangers of cultism and the need to shun vices.
He said the committee is
similar to that on Farmers/Herdsmen already put in place by his predecessor,
while appealing to the people to cooperate with these committees towards
achieving the laudable objectives of setting them up. (Daily Trust)
Courtesy: Victor Sorokwu News Express
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