The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of Zone 7 Police Command, Mr. Joseph Mbu, has warned that the police would no longer tolerate the killing of its personnel under any guise.
Mbu gave the warning in Abuja at a dinner held on Saturday night for policemen under the command, to appreciate their hard work and sacrifice in 2014.
The command comprises FCT, Kaduna and Niger states.
“We are hardly appreciated, wherever there is crisis, we go there to make peace but we are killed.
“Honestly, any policeman who is killed by any community in my zone, I will bring that village down, we have to rise against the killing of policemen.
“I am radical officer but a rebel with a cause; we protect everybody, we do not work for ourselves, we are working for the nation; we must be respected, regarded and appreciated’’, he said.
Mbu noted with satisfaction that except for some communal clashes, the zone was relatively peaceful in 2014.
He promised to ensure peace during and after the forthcoming general elections, warning, however, that the command was prepared to deal with any post-election security issues.
The AIG charged police personnel in the three commands that make up the zone to be professional, civil and friendly in dealing with the public.
He also charged them to be courageous in confronting situations.
Also, the police in Rivers on Sunday confirmed that the building housing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okrika Local Government Area was attacked earlier in the day.
The command’s public relations officer, Mr Ahmad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that the command had received the report of the attack.
“I am aware of the incident at Okrika, but the information at my disposal is sketchy,’’ Muhammad, a deputy superintendent of police, said.
He said that no arrest had been made.
The chairman of the party in the local government, Mr Christian Asifamaka, had told newsmen that unknown persons used dynamite to attack the party’s office in Abam-Ama in the early hours of the day.
Source: Daily Independent
