Police to establish ordinance training school in Borno – IGP

Nigeria Police Force would set up an Explosive Ordinance (EOD) training school in Borno state to check indiscriminate Improvised Explosive Device attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim KpptunIdris disclosed this yesterday during an interactive session with officers and men of the Borno state Police Command in Maiduguri.
Idris said the school would be sited in Maiduguri, adding that work had already started on the project which is currently at an advanced stage.
“We have deployed additional unit and sniffer dogs to Maiduguri to guard against suicide bomb attacks and to ensure enhance security,” he said.
He assured that outstanding allowances would be paid to officers and men engaged in special assignments, as soon as the 2018 budget was passed.
While commending the officers and men of the command for their commitment and outstanding performance, Idris urged them to sustain the tempo.
He also commended Governor Kashim Shettima, and the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai, for their support to the police.
Also, speaking the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, commended the IGP for the visit, as well as his support in terms of equipment supply to the Command.
He disclosed that the Command had deployed 500 policemen to the counter-insurgency operation, adding more personnel were deployed to liberated communities as part of stabilisation and peace restoration process.
“Deployment of the dogs helped a great deal to curtail the spate of suicide bombing in University of Maiduguri, Muna Garage and environs.
“A full unit of mobile policemen is also deployed to the University to prevent infiltration,” he said.
The commissioner said the Command was working in collaboration with the military and other security agencies to protect lives and property in the state.