Insecurity: IGP Inaugurates Special Operation In Rivers

In order to further stem the tide of violent attacks and
breakdown of law and order, the Acting Inspector-General of Police
(IGP) Usman Baba has launched the new special security action plan,
‘Operation Restore Peace’ in the South-South region of the
country.

Baba who flagged-off the special operation on Wednesday at the
Sharks Football Stadium, Port-Harcourt, noted that the move is a
continuation of the implementation process of the special operation
in the country.

He further noted that the operation in the South-South region is
also targeted at containing the heightened threats to lives and
property occasioned by the secessionist activities of the
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing,
the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and other criminal elements in
the region.

The IGP condemned the increased cases of kidnapping, armed
robbery, cult-related violence, economic sabotage and other threats
to public safety bedeviling the region.

These crimes, the IGP observed, are in addition to series of
violent attacks on security personnel and formation in the
region.

He however expressed utmost belief that the new special
operation action plan will re-order and stabilize security in the
South-South region, noting that personnel deployed for the
operation have been charged to courageously and fiercely defend
themselves and innocent citizens as well as critical national
infrastructure against any arms-bearing criminal group or
elements.

According to a statement issued by the Force Public Relations
Officer, CP Frank Mba, the IGP appreciated the Governor of Rivers
State, Nyesom Wike, other South-South Governors, traditional
rulers, community leaders, religious leaders and other state actors
in the region, for their individual and collective efforts toward
supporting the Police and the law enforcement community in
achieving a safe, secure and peaceful south-south region.

He assured that the new special operation will provide an
all-inclusive front to confront criminal elements, take the battle
to their doorsteps and re-order the cherished national values of
peace and unity in the region.

The IGP enjoined citizens in the South-South region to give full
support to security personnel throughout the period of the
operation and beyond.

He re-affirmed that the operation will be people-driven,
human-right focused but ruthless on criminal elements.

Wike, represented by his deputy, affirmed the zero tolerance of
the State Government to crimes and criminality in Rivers State.

He commended the IGP for the initiative and pledged support of
the State Government to the success of “Operation Restore Peace” in
the State, the South-South region and the country at large.

Other dignitaries at the flag-off program include
representatives of other Governors of the South-South States,
Traditional Rulers and clergymen.

In order to further stem the tide of violent attacks and
breakdown of law and order, the Acting Inspector-General of Police
(IGP) Usman Baba has launched the new special security action plan,
‘Operation Restore Peace’ in the South-South region of the
country.

Baba who flagged-off the special operation on Wednesday at the
Sharks Football Stadium, Port-Harcourt, noted that the move is a
continuation of the implementation process of the special operation
in the country.

He further noted that the operation in the South-South region is
also targeted at containing the heightened threats to lives and
property occasioned by the secessionist activities of the
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing,
the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and other criminal elements in
the region.

The IGP condemned the increased cases of kidnapping, armed
robbery, cult-related violence, economic sabotage and other threats
to public safety bedeviling the region.

These crimes, the IGP observed, are in addition to series of
violent attacks on security personnel and formation in the
region.

He however expressed utmost belief that the new special
operation action plan will re-order and stabilize security in the
South-South region, noting that personnel deployed for the
operation have been charged to courageously and fiercely defend
themselves and innocent citizens as well as critical national
infrastructure against any arms-bearing criminal group or
elements.

According to a statement issued by the Force Public Relations
Officer, CP Frank Mba, the IGP appreciated the Governor of Rivers
State, Nyesom Wike, other South-South Governors, traditional
rulers, community leaders, religious leaders and other state actors
in the region, for their individual and collective efforts toward
supporting the Police and the law enforcement community in
achieving a safe, secure and peaceful south-south region.

He assured that the new special operation will provide an
all-inclusive front to confront criminal elements, take the battle
to their doorsteps and re-order the cherished national values of
peace and unity in the region.

The IGP enjoined citizens in the South-South region to give full
support to security personnel throughout the period of the
operation and beyond.

He re-affirmed that the operation will be people-driven,
human-right focused but ruthless on criminal elements.

Wike, represented by his deputy, affirmed the zero tolerance of
the State Government to crimes and criminality in Rivers State.

He commended the IGP for the initiative and pledged support of
the State Government to the success of “Operation Restore Peace” in
the State, the South-South region and the country at large.

Other dignitaries at the flag-off program include
representatives of other Governors of the South-South States,
Traditional Rulers and clergymen.