Operation Puff Adder II: Nigerian Police Deploy 300 Special Combatant Officers to Zamfara
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed about 300 Special Combatant Officers to Zamfara State under Operation Puff Adder 2 to end banditry, Kidnapping, Cattle rustling and other sundry Crime.
Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Command, CP Abutu Yaro who reveal this while lunching the operation in Gusau, said, the Personnel are well Kitted and trained to compliment the effort of the existing security architecture targeted at reclaiming and Stabilizing the ungovernable spaces dominated by recalcitrant bandits in the state.
CP Abutu therefore charged the Personnel to be civil, sensitive to the cultural attribute of people and law abiding but called on them to be firm, alive to their responsibility and ruthless to the criminal elements to ensure normalcy is restored in the state.
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He assured them of good welfare to enable them function optimally and urged members of the public to work hand-in-hand with the officers and other security operatives in their bid to ensure safer environments.
Mr. Abutu Yaro recalled that, the Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Adamu has on Monday flagged off the operation Puff Adder 2 in Abuja with a view to ending Banditry, Cattle rustling, Kidnapping other security challenges.
Speaking, the Commanding officer of the Operation in Zamfara, ACP Musa Abdullahi said, they will be very civil and humane to the members of the public inline with rules of engagement but will be very harsh to any criminal to ensure that Common man live in peace and advice the recalcitrants to surrender or leave the state ad according to to him they are in Zamfara to ensure restoration of Normalcy.
In his part, the Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Muhammad Dauran said the state government will provide all the necessary logistics for the Personnel of the operation Puff Adder 2, Saying the State was the Center for banditry, Kidnapping for Ransom, wanton killings and other atrocities, but the state government have resolved to address the issues through Diplomatic approach which is yielding positive result.
