Insecurity: IGP orders deployment of SWAT operatives for routine patrols nationwide Insecurity: IGP orders deployment of SWAT operatives for routine patrols nationwide
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Worried by the increasing waves of insecurity in the country, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained Operatives of the Special Weapon and Tactical Team (SWAT0 unit of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for routine patrols nationwide.
The directive was contained in a signal dispatched to the 17 Assistant Inspector Generals of Police, AIGs in the Zonal Command Headquarters and State Command Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force.
The signal sighted in Abuja, on Tuesday, by
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Adamu ordered SWAT deployment for routine patrols across the country.
The IGP’s directive was addressed to the 17 Assistant Inspector Generals of Police in the Force and Commissioners of Police in Nigeria.
A statement with reference number CH:5350/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.20/340 was tagged “Deployment of Newly Formed Special Weapon and Tactical Team operatives,” Vanguard reports.
The statement read: “The Inspector General of Police directs that all recently selected and trained Special Weapon and Tactical Team (SWAT) operatives are to be deployed for routine duties across areas of responsibility immediately.”
The IGP had inaugurated SWAT following the disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS.