The Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, stated on Monday that the FCT’s continuing fight against banditry and kidnappings was being hampered by a lack of operable vehicles and equipment.
Wike made these remarks at a media conference with journalists in Abuja. He also attributed the recent rise in kidnappings in several FCT border areas to a deficiency in tools for tracking down criminals.
However, he gave people the reassurance that the security issues will be resolved shortly after President Bola Tinubu approved the emergency procurement.
The minister said that the purchase of operating cars and digital monitoring devices was approved in order to help apprehend kidnappers in their tracks.
According to him:
“So many facilities were not provided and vehicles for the security agencies are not there.
“You cannot believe that equipment to track criminals are not there and when anything happens, security agencies go back to the Office of the National Security Adviser or to the Force Headquarters.
“That is not the way it is supposed to be.
“Again, before we came on board, the police had said that they had requested procurement of a certain number of motorcycles where vehicles cannot get to – the remote areas. Some of these areas are mountainous.
“Unfortunately, the motorcycles were not provided, but we have been able to do that now.”
cc: Daily Post Ng
