The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has given a matching order to his men to be on the offensive and take the fight against crime to the doorposts of criminal elements in the country.
The IGP equally urgied them to be civil, professional and humane in relating with the public, in the course of discharging of their duties.
The Police chief also tasked strategic police managers at various levels to prioritize the use of intelligence gathering networks, particularly traditional/local intelligence to locate criminal hideouts and flush them out before they strike.
The IGP ordered the deployment of water-tight security to cover all schools, hospitals, health facilities, and critical national infrastructures around the country.
These were contained in a statement by the force public relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi
According to the release, the The IGP gave the directive while reviewing the general security situation of the nation via reports from commands and formations across the country.