IGP Visits Kwara, Vows To Take Back Communities Overrun By Bandits

The inspector general of Police, Mr Tunji Disu yesterday pledged to take back all communities overrun by bandits in Kwara State and in other parts of Nigeria.

Disu gave this assurance in Ilorin, Kwara State, while addressing policemen at the state Police headquarters in Ilorin.

The police chief emphasised that criminals could not “chase us out of our communities.”

Disu added : “I know Kwara State and I know the problems we are having. I am in the state for an operation. I am also here to say thank you for all you have been doing. All of you seated there have been wonderful. I have come to say thank you for everything you have been doing to assist us.

“At the same time, I want to beg you for more cooperation. Criminals cannot pursue us out of our towns. We are the owners of the towns. And we will not allow that to happen. We have to take back our homes, we have to take back our communities. That is why I am here to tell you that all of us will take back our communities.

“I have visited Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq and thanked him. He has been very wonderful by providing a lot of things to support the police command in the state.

“I am going to visit some places in the town. I am visiting my officers who have been there for months. I am going to encourage them to do more.”

Disu, however, exonerated some Fulani herdsmen from banditry and kidnap for ransom.

“I say with all authority that we have a lot of Fulani people assisting us in doing our job. At the same time I beg them to be of greater assistance. They should gather more information and give same to us. The way it is going it is dangerous, not all Fulanis are bad. We have good Fulanis who have been our neighbours for thousands of years,” Disu stated.