In a bid to ensure safety of lives and property during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and its environs, the National Task Force to Combat Illegal Importation of fire Arms, Ammunitions, Light Weapon, Chemical Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATFORCE) has unveiled Operation Stay Clear in FCT aimed at combatting crime in the territory.
Addressing journalists during the flag off ceremony, recently in Abuja, Director General, NATFORCE, Chief Osita Okereke, decried the surge in criminal activities in the FCT and expressed the readiness of NATFORCE to collaborate with other security agencies in tackling the menace. “Between now and the next three months, FCT residents will see improved security situation. We are not out to take anybody’s job rather we want to complement the efforts of other security agencies. Abuja is where the President and other top leaders are residing and we cannot afford to joke with security here.
“Insecurity situation in the territory is fast becoming alarming hence the determination of men and officer of NATFORCE to rise against the situation, in order to forestall increase criminal activities within FCT and its environs,” he said.
Okereke, who said no security agency in the country should claim superiority over others because security is everybody’s business, expressed the hope that with the launching of operation stay clear in the territory, his men will comb all the criminals’ hideouts in the territory adding that providing security along Abuja/Kaduna road will be given priority.
The high points of the event was the parade and show of force by the NATFORCE volunteers, who also displayed some acrobatic skill just like those of the soldiers and others security organisations.
