The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has moved to develop policing by erecting new police stations in rural and border communities of Nigeria’s capital territory.
Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the minister stated Wike’s transfer on this initiative goals to curb the incessant kidnappings, killings and different prison vices throughout the FCT.
In a press release issued on Friday, October 31, Oloyinka stated this transfer can also be in fulfilment of the Minister’s pledge to decentralise policing and produce sustainable security nearer to residents.
This effort by Wike comes after months of lingering insecurity throughout elements of the FCT between 2023 and 2024, when Abaji, Kwali, and Bwari communities confronted the problem of repeated abductions, bandit invasions, and kidnappings.
Olayinka stated, “In response to the surge in kidnapping, maiming, and killings alongside border areas, the FCT Minister ordered the quick institution of two extra divisional police stations throughout the six space councils.
“A tour of a number of the new divisional police stations on Thursday at Tukashare and Saburi in AMAC, Bako in Kwali, Yaba in Abaji, Giri in Gwagwalada, and Ushafa in Bwari Space Councils confirmed notable progress within the ongoing building.
“At Saburi, Abuja Municipal Space Council, ending works on the station block and adjoining residential quarters are nearing completion. The complicated features a fundamental administrative constructing with house for the Divisional Police Officer, his secretary, and different ranks, plus two holding cells with in-built bogs and loos,” Olayinka said.
He additionally stated that the residential block designed for the lodging of the cops is made up of six two-bedroom flats, every with a kitchen, eating space, and three bogs—an intentional measure to make sure officers keep near obligation posts and reply swiftly to emergencies.
He added that the undertaking engineer answerable for the initiative confirmed that the undertaking is in its ultimate section.
The engineer additionally famous that whereas electrical has been accomplished, the plumbing works are of their ultimate becoming stagewith cleansing and different options to be accomplished in due time.
For the Yaba Divisional Police Station in a border group adjoining Niger State, website engineer Ayinde Adewale expressed confidence in assembly the November deadline, citing sturdy funding from the FCT Administration. “With the extent of funding help, we have now little question about finishing on time,” he stated.
Adewale highlighted the strategic location of Yaba as a serious transit level towards Niger and Kogi States, underscoring the significance of creating a divisional police command there to discourage infiltrations by criminals.
Talking on initiative, the Director of Safety Providers defined that the Police Useful resource Centre homes an identical customary, and the FCT initiatives align with this nationwide benchmark to help environment friendly policing by means of each a greater bodily setting and enhanced manpower deployment.