INTERIOR MINISTER DIRECTS IMMIDIATE RELOCATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND COMMANDANT GENERAL, NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS TO THE NORTH EAST.

       The Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt General (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, has directed the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris and the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), Abdullahi Mohammad Gana to relocate to the northeast and liaise with the theater commander of operation Lafiya Dole, the Governors of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states to ensure the deployment of their personnel to all schools in the liberated areas in the three states.

This is sequel to the recent visit of the Federal Government delegation led by the Ministers of Interior and Information and Culture to Dapchi in Yobe state, where the Interior Minister, Lt General (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau then directed the Commissioner of Police and the Commandant of the NSCDC in Yobe state to ensure security presence in all schools in the liberated communities.

The Minister said that the directive has become necessary to forestall a re-occurrence of attack on innocent school children stressing that the Government is making efforts aimed at rescuing the Dapchi school girls and other Boko Haram captives, as evidenced by the commencement of 24 hours air surveillance by the Nigerian Air force.

In another development, the Minister has condemned recent clashes that resulted in loss of lives and property in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state and urged security operatives to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

EHISIENMEN OSAIGBOVO 

 Press Secretary, to the Honourable Minister of Interior