Insecurity: IGP Adamu Says Crime Rate Is Declining In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 17, 2019
InspectorGeneral of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu on Monday declared that thecrime rate in the country has declined even as he noted that the last few weekshave witnessed new patterns and threats of criminality that has necessitated areview of strategy.
AdamuNoting that the successes in tackling the different criminal challenges were afall out of the Operation Puff Adder which is ongoing, the Inspector General ofPolice urged the Zonal AIGs and Command CPs to redouble their efforts as thebattle is still far from over.
Buttressing his declaration that crime is onthe decline in the country, the Adamusaid, Sequel to the launch of OperationPuff Adder in all the States of the Federation and other security strategiesrecently emplaced to address internal security threats, a total 424 kidnapperswere arrested between 10th May, 2019, and 14th, June, 2019.
Thehighest number of One Hundred and one  kidnap suspects were arrested in Kaduna State,followed by Katsina State with Seventy Nine arrests.
FiftyFour suspects were apprehended in Nasarawa State and Thirty Two in TarabaState.