BEVERLY HILLS, May 20 (THEWILL) – Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Adamu Yunusa has sounded the alarm over threats by Boko Haram terrorist group to attack the FCT through Abaji and neighbouring communities.
Yunusa, who is the Ona of Abaji, gave this hint on Friday when the Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG in charge of North-Central Zone, Shuaibu Gambo, visited Abaji as part of his tour of states in the zone.
According to the monarch, “We have been hearing that Boko Haram are planning to attack the FCT and the plan is to infiltrate and carry out the attack from Abaji. We will be the first casualty. We need the police now more than ever.”
He also complained about the sidelining of his people in recruitments into the police, disclosing that “We discovered that recruitment is done by states but the FCT is not considered as a state. Even the big men in FCT will bring their candidates from these other states. I want to appeal that FCT indigenes be given special consideration in subsequent recruitments.”
Responding to the threat of terror attack, the DIG assured that security would be beefed up while intelligence platforms will be deployed to Abaji and its environs.
On recruitment, he promised to relay the request to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, adding that the IGP had discussed with the presidency the need for more recruitment into the Nigerian Police to meet up with increasing security challenges.
“The plan is that in the next 6 years, the Police should be allowed to recruit 30, 000 personnel every year to meet the security challenges confronting the nation,” Gambo said.
