The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has vowed to assist the police in efforts to curb kidnapping and banditry in the North.
According to a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the Sultan made the pledge on Tuesday at his Palace in Gida Sarkin Musulmi, Sokoto when the Inspector General of Police, M.A Adamu, in the company of Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal, Deputy Governor, Alh. Mannir Dan’iya and other top Police Officers and Government functionaries paid him a courtesy visit.
The Sultan, who promised to use the platform of the Forum of Northern Traditional Rulers to rally support of all the traditional rulers from Northern Nigeria to fight armed banditry and other crimes in the region, equally aligned himself with the IGP’s policy direction of using the tool of Community Policing and Partnership to combat crime.
The Sultan also urged Nigerians from all walks of life to support the Police in the fight against all manner of crime in the Country.
Thereafter, the IGP visited the Police Headquarters in the State where he charged the Officers and Men of the Command to up the ante in the fight against armed banditry and other crimes in the State, promising to do everything within his power to provide them with adequate working tools and healthy working environment.
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