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Crime
By Aisha Ahmed
Kano, Nov. 16, 2016 (NAN) Alhaji Bashir Albasu, the District Head of Albasu and a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), has stressed the need for community participation in crime prevention to enhance security in Kano State.
Albasu made this disclosure in a meeting of Eminent People’s Forum held at the Police Officers’ Mess in Kano on Thursday.
He said that the police needed public support to enable them fish out criminals indulging in kidnapping, cattle rustling, rape and drug abuse, which had been ravaging the state.
Albasu lauded the setting up of the forum by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to complement the existing strategies, aimed at reducing crime rate in the various communities.
The district head noted that security of lives and property remained a collective responsibility and people should join hands with the government at all levels to maintain law and order.
He urged the communities to be vigilant at all times and report suspicious movement of men of the underworld to the relevant authorities.
Contributing, the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress in Kano, Mr Kabiru Ado, advised the police against the danger of road blocks on the highways by some communities,.
According to him, the police should take urgent steps to dismantle the road blocks.
Responding, the Commissioner of Police in the state Mr Rabiu Yusuf, said such road blocks were put in place without the permission of the police authority.
Yusuf promised to look into the matter, adding that the police would work with the State and Local Governments to resolve the issue.
NAN reports that the commissioner inaugurated the forum recently to support the police in the effort to fight crime in the state.
The committee’s membership is drawn from traders, the police, traditional rulers and academics. (NAN)
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Edited by Shittu Obassa/Yemi Idris-Aduloju