October 22, 2014 – Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba has set up a task force on cattle rustling and related crimes as a major step towards addressing the recurrent cases of cattle rustling and other associated crimes in Nigeria.
Tagged, Nigeria Police Task Force on Cattle Rustling and Associated Crimes, the task force has an Assistant Commissioner of Police as its Commanding Officer and will have Tactical Units at each of the six geo-political zones of the country.
In a press statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, the task force is saddled with pre-emptive intelligence gathering, anti-cattle-rustling and allied crimes patrols cum operations as well as the investigation and possible prosecution of reported incidents of cattle rustling.
“It is expected that the effective functioning of this new Task Force will whittle down the menace of cattle rustlers, which has adversely led to untold ethno-religious and communal conflicts in the affected areas”, he said adding that the IGP therefore enjoins the citizenry to cooperate with the police in their determination to provide community safety and security in all parts of the country.
