The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, on Thursday, disclosed that the security agency has lived up to its task and restored confidence among residents of Abuja in the aftermath of terror alerts issued by foreign embassies in the country.
The police boss stated this while briefing State House correspondents during the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team in Abuja.
In affirming the agency’s responsiveness, Baba disclosed that the police made some arrests in connection to the security threats in the Federal Capital Territory and its environs.
“Yes, actually arrests have been made for those, we believe are planning to commit crime in whatever form and we have done that arrest and as at when due.
”Those arrested will be charged to court by any of the services that have them.”
Meanwhile, the police boss dismissed claims that the police and other security agencies took the terror alert issued by the embassies with levity.
“Government has never dismissed it as an alarm but we only said it was blown or made in such a way that our people became apprehensive to the situation or to the way it was done.
”The embassies have their own responsibilities to their citizens and they can make their advice and the government has not dismissed what has happened because they have also informed us of what they foresee as threats.
“And we on our parts have also looked at what they put as a threat as something that has been with us and efforts are being made daily to see they those threats are mitigated or prevented from happening and that is what has been happening in Abuja and all over the country.
“Sometimes, these threats or things happen but nobody has dismissed it as mere alarm and a lot of efforts have been made like you said to douse tension.”
