Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Zakka Maikalangu, has called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesome Wike, to construct rural roads and build more police divisions to curb insecurity and kidnapping in AMAC.
Maikalangu made the disclosure in Abuja, during a town hall meeting held by the minister with traditional rulers and residents at Apo area, to tackle kidnappings and insecurity.
The chairman said that Wike has made the FCT safer with the initiation of the establishment of the ministerial taskforce in the FCT.
“This engagement is geared towards rubbing minds and finding a lasting solution to purge our area councils from all forms of criminalities bedeviling us.
“Last year, before your assumption of office, we lost the village head of Ketti community and some residents in the hands of these kidnappers.
“Insurgent activities in the neighbouring states of Niger, Kogi, Kaduna and Nasarawa and some other states led to upsurge of migration of people into the FCT as their safe haven. Consequently, this has increased criminal activities in our rural areas and the city centre.
“While we applaud you for initiating FCT ministerial task force, which is yielding positive result, it is obvious that the activities of the task force have also reduced the rate of crime in the territory.
“It will interest you to know that if communities such as Kabusa, Ketti, Gbawu and others that have become kidnappers’ hideouts are accessible by security agencies, the rate of crime would have been adequately addressed.
“On this note, we are appealing for your intervention to create access road to the following communities: Ketti access road, Takushara access road, Burum access road and Gidan Kwano access road, Leka access road, Kutasa, for good and safety of the people.
“I urge our traditional rulers, elected councillors, women leaders, youth leaders and all other stakeholders to rise up and be committed to this fight against crime, anyone found wanting will not be spared.”
Speaking, Sarki Karshi, Ismaila Mohammed Danladi, advised politicians to desist from politicising insecurity, especially in the FCT.
In his response, Wike directed Maikalangu and other area council chairmen to be holding monthly security meetings to combat the menace of insecurity.
He accepted the requests of Maikalangu to construct a police station within Takushara axis and also to construct access roads in different communities to combat insecurity.
