Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni has explained why he donated 30 operational vehicles to the police command and other security agencies.
Buni, who also launched a police rapid squad, said the vehicles and the squad would enhance police response to emerging security challenges and threats.
The governor, who hosted Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu Abubakar regretted that Yobe was still vulnerable to insurgentsโ attacks through the neighbouring states, hence the need to clear those threats.
Named โHaba Mazaโ, the squad is charged with checking the rising cases of banditry, rape, kidnapping, cattle rustling and others.
โAs we all know, insurgents still periodically infiltrate from neighbouring states to carry out attacks against our people. Other criminals also commit crimes, including armed robbery and cattle rustling.
โAs we move to a post-insurgency era, we also face emergent and continuing security challenges such as rape, kidnapping, homicide and conflict between farmers and pastoralists.
โIt is clear; we cannot make meaningful socio-economic progress while these security challenges persist. We have to confront them.
โIt is for this reason that we thought it was necessary to work together with the Nigeria Police to set up a rapid response squad that can be deployed anywhere in the state to tackle these challenges and threats.
โWe are naming this rapid response squad as โHaba Maza Squadโ.
โWe know that the officers and men of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies are gallant men and women who are working so hard. โHaba Mazaโ is a mantra that charges them to surge forward and go after criminals relentlessly. โHaba Mazaโ is saying that the gallant officers and men will not allow any breathing space for criminals anywhere in our state,โ Buni said.
The governor, who also presented 30 new Hilux operational vehicles worth N720million to the IGP, said his administration would support the police and other security agencies for better policing of the people.
IGP Adamu praised the intervention of Governor Buni, urging others to emulate him.
