By Linus Aleke
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has commended the Rivers State Police Command, for successfully dismantling the gang of notorious bandits, terrorizing parts of the state.
The Commission also applauded the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, for providing quality leadership that necessitated the success story against the criminal elements.
The PSC, in a statement, on Monday said, the Commission, received with happiness, the news of the crushing of a criminal gang of three operating by Isiodu Forest in the Emohua axis of the East/West road of the state, who were alleged to have killed a former Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission and hijacked two 18 seater buses conveying National Youth Service Corps Members who were travelling to Ondo State.
Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the Spokesperson of the Commission, in the statement, said the officers and men of the Rivers State Police Command spent several days in the forest laying ambush for the deadly gang, stressing that their efforts, will not go unnoticed.
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This is even as, the commission also noted the exemplary conduct of a police constable, Nura mande, who was said to have found and returned a missing $800, basic travelling allowance belonging to a Katsina pilgrim.
The Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, pledged to ensure that the momentum will be sustained.
He called on officers and men of the NPF to continue to give their best, promising that their efforts will not go unrewarded.
Recall that Dr. Arase, had declared on assumption of duty that there must be consequences for misconduct and benefit for exemplary behaviour.
