President Muhammadu Buhari claims he has degraded the potency of bandits and IPOB militants despite wanton killings and kidnapping continuing across Nigeria.
According to Mr Buhari, Boko Haram, the Indigenous People of Biafra, Eastern Security Network and bandits that posed a potent threat to the country, have been significantly degraded.
“I must specially commend the efforts and resilience of members of the Nigeria Police Force and sister agencies for the giant strides recorded so far in the fight against the prevailing security challenges,” said Mr Buhari during the passing-out parade of the regular course 4/2016 cadets of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, according to a statement by his media aide Garba Shehu.
The president said further, “Across the North-Central and North-West of the country, we have made progress with regards to stemming the tide of communal violence, farmer-herdsmen clashes, cattle rustling, and kidnapping.”
He promised to take care of the police officers’ welfare as they continue to fight criminals nationwide.
“As I said earlier, with the take-off of the Police Trust Fund, there has been an upgrade of infrastructure such as the construction of new barracks across the country, renovation of existing ones, construction of medical facilities, as well as procurement of modern operational vehicles,” Mr Buhari told the cops.