By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
The new Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Mohammad, has pledged to tackle the activities of crime and criminality in the State.
He said that the Command will focus on intelligence-led and community-oriented policing towards fighting crime and criminality in Bauchi.
The Police Commissioner made this known to Journalists duringa maiden press conference at the Command State headquarters, on Monday, in Bauchi. He expressed appreciation to the media industry for playing a vital role as bridge-builders between the police and the general public and as an agents of societal peace, stability and development.
The Police boss noted that it’s a distinct call to duty which signifies a great responsibility to protect lives and properties in Bauchi state and Nigeria at large. He equally noted that this requires collective and individual responsibilities to achieve the general objectives of securing lives and properties in the state
CP Muhammad equally noted that it with great pleasure that he appreciates the Acting Inspector General of Police, Dr Kayode Adeolu Egbetekun, for finding him worthy for such national assignment. He called on the citizens of the country to assist the police with useful information to tackle all forms of social vices across the country.
The CP used this medium of the press engagement to call on parents to ensure that they impact more proper parenting on their children in the overall interest of peace, unity and progress of Nigeria. He urged the religious leaders, community leaders and other critical stakeholders to play good roles in bringing peaceful co-existence and prosperity across the country.
He said: "Our strategy in fighting crime and criminality would generally be focused on intelligence-led and community-oriented policing. This would no doubt foster our pro-active measures in tackling the menace of diverse crime and criminality in the state.
"We shall maintain and strengthen collaborative partnership with all sister security agencies and community stakeholders in a bid to ensure community security and proactively deal with emerging security threat to the state.
"It is imperative to collaborate with the judiciary, as well as the State Ministry of Justice with the view to facilitate proper prosecution of all criminal cases in the state", the CP, Auwal concluded. NNL.