The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on
Monday, described Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as a dogged crime fighter
who had made the state unsafe for criminals to thrive.
The IGP, who spoke during his visit to Kogi State on Monday
said the governor made life miserable for criminal elements which forced them
out of the state.
Alkali Baba explained that the Kogi governor was one
governor that would never raise the alarm of not being in control of security
in his state, adding that from what he had observed, the governor “leads from
the front.”
He added that he was happy that Governor Bello was playing
the role of the “real Chief Executive Officer” in terms of security, noting
that he is “a dependable ally in the battle against national insecurity.”
According to him: “I’ve never heard him crying that he
doesn’t have control of security in his state. That is because he is able to
synergize and cooperate with all the security agencies as well as lead from the
front. Security is everybody’s business. When you have a leader who is leading
from the front, others will follow. That is what is happening in Kogi.
“Many of the crimes being committed by sons and daughters of
Kogi are not even being committed in Kogi but outside Kogi, because they have
no place in Kogi State again.
“We have people like His Excellency who are supporting our cause.
My sincere gratitude to His Excellency for being proactive about security. I
can’t remember how many times he has visited the force headquarters, not for
himself because he has no reason to; but in his efforts to protect his people.
I don’t know how many governors do this.”
In his address, Governor Bello reiterated the readiness of
his administration to resist attempts by some desperate politicians to plunge
the state into the pre-2015 era of insecurity in the guise of playing politics.
The governor said a credible intelligence report at the
disposal of the state government had revealed that the actions of some
politicians were capable of truncating the peace currently enjoyed in the
state, stressing that his administration would not allow insecurity to be
smuggled into Kogi through the “boot of politics.”
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