Read how police plan to “bury” Boko Haram

– IGP Arase says over 6,000 personnel of the force would be deployed in communities in the Northeast to restore police primacy and civil authority

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In a move to ensure terrorism in the country is laid to rest, the Nigeria Police Force will on Friday, March 18, inaugurate the first phase of the deployment of policemen in liberated communities in the Northeast

According to the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase, over 6,000 personnel of the force would be deployed in communities in the Northeast to restore police primacy and civil authority, The Punch reports.

Arase made this known while speaking at a Roundtable meeting on Security Stabilisation in the North organised by the police in collaboration with the British Embassy in Abuja.

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The Nigeria Police Force is set to inaugurate the first phase of the deployment of policemen in liberated communities in the Northeast

He said: “I can confirm that by Friday March 18, the logistics procured and personnel mobilised for the first phase of the deployment will be launched. Following the outcome of the last roundtable, the police had heightened the deployment process of personnel in the region.

“Massive human and material assets have also been mobilised while the engagements of the military and local communities were being pursued vigorously.”

Arase noted that efforts and strategies of the federal government had further strengthened the determination of the police to end terrorism in the country.

“The successes so far recorded can best be consolidated with sincere and workable plans expected to be the outcome of this roundtable,” Arase stated, urging the participants to come up with a guide for the police in planning for its deployment in the Northeast.

In attendance were representatives of the Army, Air force, and the Immigration Service among others.

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