The Inspector-General of Police Olukayode Egbetokun, has launched the Special Intervention Squad in the Federal Capital Territory to curb activities of kidnappers and bandits, especially in border towns within the territory.
Information gathered that the squad would be in charge of patrolling and securing the communities within the various borders of the FCT, and intervening to curb and mitigate violent attacks in the nation’s capital
The Nigeria Police Force had in late 2023 revealed that deployment of forty thousand operatives of the Special Intervention Squad who were undergoing training would begin with Katsina and nine other states including the FCT.
The Force Headquarters also revealed that the proposed commanders that will be in charge of the squad will be trained in Mexico while noting that the deployment to the ten carefully selected states is to pilot the activities of the SIS.
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