The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike has established two joint task forces made up of all the security agencies in the territory in an effort to end cross-border banditry and end the threat of one-chance robbers.
One-chance ribbers frequently appear as staff drivers, select unwary passengers, and take possession of them while frequently injuring and occasionally killing their victims.
This was announced by the FCT Command’s Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, on Friday night in Abuja at the conclusion of the FCT Security Council meeting, which was presided over by Wike.
Olusola Odumosu, the FCT Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, and other defence and intelligence chiefs flanked Garba as he spoke to journalists.
Garba hinted that: “The FCT Security Council meeting chaired by the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike held today and discussed ways and means to flush out criminal elements in the FCT, stop cross border crimes and curb the menace of one chance.
“Consequently, it was resolved to set up a joint taskforce of all security agencies on the menace of one-chance.
“Also, a joint taskforce on cross border crimes to tackle the issue of armed robbers, kidnappers and all forms of crimes in the FCT will be set up.
“These two security operations have commenced in earnest.
“We wish to assure residents of our resolve to curb all forms of criminalities in the territory”, he stated.
Fielding questions from newsmen on why security operatives often raid mechanic workshops in the territory, the police boss said it was based on intelligence report.
His words:”FCT is the heart of the country, with a lot of people coming in and who have no businesses here. They end up staying under bridges and even in some mechanic workshops.
“What we are doing is to raid and we raid we remove the chaff from the grains so that residents can sleep with their two eyes closed”.
