Kaduna Train Attack: IGP Patrols Abuja-Kaduna Expressway

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, Saturday, patrolled the entire 163 kilometer stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway for hands-on assessment of the security challenges in the area; and to personally supervise the operational deployment of officers drawn from the Police tactical squads to ensure the safety of travellers along the route.

The acting Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, revealed this in a statement he issued in Abuja.

According to Adejobi, the IGP, the Inspector-General of Police mapped out some strategic points along the expressway which were immediately fortified with operatives drawn from the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Forces (SF), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS), as well as airwing operatives in charge of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Nigeria Police Force.

During the patrol, IGP Alkali equally visited personnel of the Armed Forces and Police deployed at Rijana to protect the technical crew of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC,  undertaking repair works at the damaged train coaches and rail line in the axis.This, the IGP said, was to boost their morale and assess the state of their post.

The IGP also assured that with the strategic and operational deployment of officers along the route, normalcy would once again be restored. He tasked members of the public on active intelligence sharing with Law Enforcement Agencies for effective policing of all spaces.