(By Gyang Bere – JOS)
Plateau
State Commissioner of Police Adekunle Oladunjoye has said that the
Command is intensifying its search for fleeing Boko Haram members from
the northeast of the country to Plateau state in the middle belt.
warning that those who are harbouring them will be treated as
collaborators.
The
Commissioner expressed concern over the growing crime wave in the
state, and said that security agencies were coordinating to make the
state crime free.
Oladunyoye
made the called in Jos during a security stakeholder’s meeting with
traditional, religious, community and political leaders.
“There is an intelligence report that fleeing Boko Haram members may not be only in Plateau but all over the country…
“Those
who are harbouring these people are doing that at their own risk, but
for now we are bent on finding lasting peace. With time, you wouldn’t
hear of the so-called Boko Haram again. Anybody harbouring them is part
of them; he would be treated as the principal offender.
“We
have trained people in plain clothes in all the nooks and crannies of
the state, gathering intelligence. We have introduced different
operations, we are doing more of checking petty traders, motorcycles
riders and tricycle riders…” he stated.
“I
advice Plateau people not to live in fear, that they should partner
with the Police because we cannot be everywhere at the same time, that
is why we encourages vigilante and neighbourhood watches. They should
also be security conscious, and I assure them that the Police are on top
of the situation” he stated.