The Police High Command on Monday confirmed the deployment of the operatives of the Police Strike Force to Nembe Bassambiri Community in Bayelsa State following receipt of a petition from a law firm on the activities of some hoodlums armed with guns and other dangerous weapons who were in the habit of constantly and repeatedly terrorizing members of the Community to rid the community of the activities of armed hoodlums.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer FPRO ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi’
The statement explained that “consequently, the operatives swung into action and raided the camps of the hoodlums in and around the Nembe Bassambiri Community on the eve of Saturday 12th August, 2023.
” The operation led to the arrest of 8 suspects including Gift Vanman, Daniel Solomon, Ishmael Teknikio aka Moore, Rufus Itario, Joel Jubilee, Sylvanus Alatari, Sounpre Solomon, and Ayebanate Talbot (POS).”
According to it, “Items recovered include 3 AK-47 Rifles, 2 pump action guns, 1 LAR rifle, 1 jack-knife, 1 dagger, magazines, 104 rounds of live ammunition of various calibres, 2 POS machines, 10 ATM Cards, and 1 rechargeable bulb.
It stated that ” the operation was carried out by a combined team of police operatives to sanitize the community, and the officers were professional, neutral, and proactive in the mission to liberate members of the community from the terror instilled by the nefarious activities of the armed hoodlums as the Force will not allow lawlessness or gross violations of the laws in any part of the country.
It further explained that this was contrary to the distorted narrative in the news making the rounds that the community was attacked by hoodlums dressed in police uniforms.
According to the statement, “the distorted news is clearly the handiwork of mischief makers and they are hereby warned against such calculated attempts to destabilize the country.
” It is also pertinent to send out a warning to all recalcitrant members of the society whose stock-in-trade is instilling fear into law-abiding members of the public and fomenting troubles across the country, to desist from such as the police will leave no stone unturned in the bid to rid our societies of hooliganism, terrorism, and gross violation of extant laws.
” The Nigeria Police Force hereby reassures Nigerians of the unwavering commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to attend to security issues affecting them by acting promptly on intelligence to curb such acts in any part of the country. Similarly, the Police assures the confidentiality of reliable informants while urging members of the public to partner with the Police and other security agencies with prompt and actionable intelligence on the activities of members of the underworld, and criminally-minded individuals, who foment troubles, commit crimes, and cause instability.
It further added that the IGP reiterated that the operation in Nembe was a signal to other hoodlums with similar intents of causing fear amongst the people with their activities across the country to turn a new leaf or be assured that the long and unbiased arm of the law would catch up with them in no distant time.
It however assured that the suspects would be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.
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