The Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu has launched new counter-kidnapping strategies to curb the spate of kidnapping across the country.
A statement by the Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba in Abuja explained the the operation will involve the deployment of undercover operatives, decoy operations and high-level tactical missions with active participation of operatives drawn from the conventional Police Units, the Force Intelligence Unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squads, SARS among others.
According to the Police, the new strategies, which are purposeful and intelligence-driven, are targeted at identifying, locating and dismantling kidnapping gangs across the nation and bringing the kidnappers and their collaborators to justice. The Force also said it is designed to complement and strengthen the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ currently going on in several States of the federation.Meanwhile, the Force said five hundred and forty five 545 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers from different parts of the country have been arrested between January and May.
