Nigeria, Port Harcourt – The Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in charge of South South region, DIG Daniel Sokari Pedro has commended the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Tunji Disu, describing him as an excellent Police officer and man of honour.
DIG Pedro made the commendation on Monday, 27 May, 2024 when he visited Rivers state in contiuaton of his tour of six state commands under him.
While appraising the performance of the Command on crime fighting, he .
DIG Pedro, who in his address disclosed that he came to discuss certain things with his officers and also see how to encourage them rated the performance of the command high in crime fighting.
His words: “My main reason for coming is because I am ontop of the South South region comprising six state commands. I started my tour from Edo to Bayelsa, Delta to Cross Rivers to Rivers and Akwa-Ibom will be the last state.
“I came here to encourage the CP who is an excellent Police officer. He is a man of honour. I am very lucky to have officers (CPs) who are deligent and committed. Their Governors are talking good about them, particularly CP Disu is doing well
“I will keep on encouraging CP Disu. Even without encouragement, he is doing well. Both the officers and the CP are doing well. I gathered informations on my own. The sitrep I get from this zone shows it is a difficult zone in terms of terrain and criminality. I will always encourage them to do better. I am afraid when CP Disu leaves here one day, it may be difficult to fill his gap.
“I used indices of crime such as Cultism, Armed Robbery and Kidnapping in the month of April to appraise the states. The least incident of kidnapping in the six state commands was Rivers in south-South.
“In cases of armed robbery, Rivers and Bayelsa had just one each in the same month. On cultism, Rivers and Bayelsa Commands came last with just three cases each out of 35. We all know that crime is a big venture. Police role is to complement other security forces. If you want to sleep with your two eyes close, you have a role to play as civilian.
“Stakeholders should encourage the Police.What can you do to complement the effort of the Police”.
CP Olatunji Disu, in his speech said, “the visit of the DIG is coming at the right time when his advice is needed to spice up the officers of the command to perform optimally.
“On assumption of duty I went round to appraise the security situation.More disturbing was killing of SP Bako, the DPO of Ahoada Police Division. They were flushed out after my assumption of office.
“Rivers State Police Command has good working relationship with the state Government”.
On the command challenges, he listed shortage of anti-riot equipment, manpower and operational vehicles with appeal to the IGP to assist on them.
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