The Benue State Police Command has announced that it has not recorded any case of kidnapping in the last Three months even as over 300 criminals have been apprehended for various crimes in the State during the period.
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The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bashir Makama disclosed this while giving account of his stewardship in his first 100 days in the state. The police boss revealed that 645 rounds of ammunition and 24 cartridges, 76 arms including AK47 rifles, locally made guns, pump action guns and English made pistols were recovered within the period. He added that 95 various items including; vehicles, motorcycles, air conditioners, sound roof generators, generator panels, electricity transformers, bags of Indians hemp, cattle and sheep were also recovered.
Makama who said that at the time he assumed office in the state crime was on the high claimed that with the efforts of his men and strategic approach employed several criminals have been arrested. He disclosed further that the command also recovered over two million, one hundred and seventeen thousand, six hundred and twenty naira (N2,117,620.00) cash during the period.
“Our renewed efforts have yielded results in the arduous task of securing the State especially in cases of kidnapping, homicide, motorbike snatching as well as cult related acts. It will interest you to know that there has been no case of kidnapping in the last three months”, Makama boasted.
“Let me emphasize here that the success so far attained is as a result of intelligence strategy, sustained raid of criminal hideouts, sustained patrols at junctions and quick cash centers like supermarkets and banks.” He also commended the synergy with other security agencies in the State.
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