Police To Use Drone In Tackling Insecurity – IGP Egbetokun

By Ayodele Oni

Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has assured that the Nigeria Police Force will soon establish a full drone system to tackle the nation’s security challenges adequately.

Egbetokun said this while delivering the first distinguished Personality Lecture, organised by the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS), University of Ibadan (UI), in Ibadan.

The lecture was titled: “The Nigeria Police Force and the Management of Internal Security”.

Egbetokun said, “Although the force already had a drone, it would now establish a full drone system to capture everywhere in Nigeria from its headquarters in Abuja.”

He added that the drone system would also help the police see criminals whenever they are committing crimes.

“The ungoverned spaces will soon become governed,” he assured.

He further said the force would establish a Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in all the states of the federation to tackle kidnapping, banditry and other forms of criminality in Nigeria.

The police boss explained that the deployment of the SIS in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has yielded results leading to the arrest of many kidnappers and bandits, including the recovery of weapons.

The units, he said, has successfully conducted numerous rescue operations leading to the safe return of kidnapped victims and the arrest of perpetrators.

Egbetokun highlighted the shortage of manpower, inadequate equipment, public distrust and insufficient budgetary provisions as some of the challenges facing the force.

He, however, pledged the force’s commitment to the protection of lives and property of citizens.

In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of UI, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, commended the IG for his visionary leadership in managing the nation’s security challenges.