Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammad Buhari (retd.), has assured that his regime will establish training facilities for the police and other security outfits in all the geo-political zones of the country in order to boost internal security.

The president who made this pledge during the inauguration of a police college in Endeh Hills area of Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, on Thursday said the aim of the measure is to tackle the persistent banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery across the nation.

The president represented by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Muhammad Dingyadi, said it was the policy thrust of his administration to modernize internal security network in line with international best practices. In the words of Buhari:

“I will boost internal security and establish training facilities in all the six geo-political zones of the country, so as to address the persistent of banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery activities across the nation.”

“This training facility is of great significance as it adds to the existing one in Gwoza in Borno State and that of Ira in Ogun State.”

Meanwhile, the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, in his remarks expressed worry over the presence of two Islamic sects, ‘Darul-Salam and Hakika’ in the Toto and Awe local government areas of the state, stating that their activities have become a security threat to the state. He said:

 “I have been battling with the activities of the Islamic sects; Darul-Salam and Hakika in Toto and Awe Local Government Areas of the State.”

“More worrisome, is the kidnapping activities which have pervaded the rural areas and resulted in the killing of a Traditional Ruler of Odu community in Nasarawa Local Government area.”

The Governor also made it known that apart from kidnapping, the state had also been hit with rape, insurgency, and banditry.