In order to prevent a reoccurrence of last Wednesday massacre in Zamfara State, the Police are to deploy three more mobile police units to the state.
This move is to beef up security.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, made this known on Saturday in Gusau when speaking with journalists.
He had visited the state to commiserate with the people of Birane Village in Zurmi local government area over the killings, and was received by the Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, at Government House, Gusau.
According to him, a committee had already been put in place to probe the massacre.
Meanwhile, Idris has also disclosed the plan to recruit about 6,000 more policemen to ensure the security of the country.
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His words: “We believe the recruitment would assist in the government’s efforts to address security challenges facing the country.
“We are here to commiserate with Zamfara State Government, Zurmi Emirate Council over this incident.
“We received complaints of shortage of personnel from the stakeholders; we are going to deploy additional three units of police mobile to the state to strengthen the state police command in tackling security challenges.
“We are going to set up a committee to investigate the incident aimed at avoiding the re-occurrence of the menace in the future; the committee is coming to this state next Monday Insha Allah.’’
Idris praised the state government for its support and called on members of the public to always assist all security agencies with relevant information to help make the society peaceful.
