Insecurity: Hope And Confidence Restored Back In The FCT – IGP

Following prior warnings of terror threats provided by several embassies in the nation, the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba claims security services have effectively restored trust and optimism among inhabitants of Abuja and its surrounds.

At the weekly ministerial briefing held by the Presidential Communications Team on Thursday in Abuja, Baba said this to reporters from the State House.

The claim that the Nigeria Police Force and other security organizations did not take the alert given by the embassies seriously was refuted by him.

However, he said that the terror alerts issued by the embassies were exaggerated.

“Government has never dismissed it as alarm but we only said it was blown or made in such a way that our people became apprehensive to the situation or to the way it was done.

”The embassies have their own responsibilities to their citizens and they can make their advice and the government has not dismissed what has happened because they have also informed us of what they foresee as threats.

“And we on our parts have also looked at what they put as threat as something that has been with us and efforts are being made daily to see they those threats are mitigated or prevented from happening and that is what has been happening in Abuja and all over the country.

“Sometimes, these threats or things happen but nobody has dismissed it as mere alarm and a lot of efforts have been made, like you said to douse tension.”

The I-G further disclosed that some arrests had been made in connection to the security threats in the Federal Capital Territory and its environs, saying the suspects would soon be arraigned before the courts to face justice.