{"id":285353,"date":"2023-08-24T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=285353"},"modified":"2023-08-24T09:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:42:40","slug":"weve-taken-steps-to-check-insecurity-on-highways-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/24\/weve-taken-steps-to-check-insecurity-on-highways-police\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve taken steps to check insecurity on highways \u2013 Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>IGP inaugurated some projects<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>IGP launched the CRU aimed at promoting transparency in the police<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, says the force has taken steps to check insecurity on highways, particularly the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Egbetokun disclosed this during his first official to Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday where he inaugurated some projects, including Complainants Response Unit (CRU).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I came into office, we have taken steps to do a number of things to ensure crime is reduced to the barest minimum and security restored to troubled areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d On the Abuja-Kaduna Road you are talking about, we have taken necessary steps to rid it of criminal elements that were terrorising motorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Very soon, you are going to be seeing results. We are embarking on the establishment of a Special Intervention Squad (SIS). We have started mobilisation to make a success of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/23\/stop-taking-complaints-against-police-to-social-media-igp-egbetokun-tells-nigerians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egbetokun<\/a> said the SIS would soon become operational in the states that had been chosen as pilot areas.<\/p>\n<p>On police welfare, he said he had President Bola Tinubu\u2019s assurance that efforts were underway to improve the welfare of police officers and men.<\/p>\n<p>On when the police would have a vibrant forensic department to detect criminals, Egbetokun said: \u201cWe are going to take these things one after the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have launched the CRU aimed at promoting transparency in the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to build confidence in the members of the public. We want to enhance police\/ community collaboration, and the CRU is needed to achieve all of these.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least, now, members of the public who have complaints against the police have a place to lodge their complaints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Egbetokun assured Nigerians that the force would make the CRU functional in all the states of the federation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLagos State has started. We just inaugurated that one today. We inspected the facilities and they are excellent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers that would be deployed to man the CRU will be carefully selected \u2013 officers with impeccable integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be well motivated, with opportunities for training overseas, if necessary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) warned the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force against torture and illegal detention of suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Falana said that under the Police Act, 2020, the officers and men would be held responsible and prosecuted for illegal detention.<\/p>\n<p>Falana, however, assured the officers and men of free legal services should they have need of it.<\/p>\n<p>He promised to build CRU in four states.<\/p>\n<p>A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association and one of those who built the CRU in Lagos, Mr Olumide Akpata, promised to do the same in Edo and Delta states.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed optimism that the unit would enhance better relationship between the police and the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGP inaugurated some projects IGP launched the CRU aimed at promoting transparency in the police The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, says the force has taken steps to check insecurity on highways, particularly the Abuja-Kaduna Highway. 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