Collaboration: Bauchi CP calls for better understanding between the Command and the Media

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By Abdullahi Idris, Bauchi

The Police Commissioner, commanding Bauchi State, CP Auwal Musa Mohammad has called on the media community and the general public for proper synergy and healthy collaboration to fish out bad elements in our society. The police commissioner made this known to Journalists In Bauchi during maiden press conference at the state headquarters, Bauchi State Police Command.

The CP M.M Auwal appreciated the media industry in playing a vital roles as bridge-builders between the police and the general public and as an agents for societal peace, stability and development.

The Commissioner of police noted that, with great pleasure, he appreciates the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetekun, for finding him worthy for the national assignment, and called on the citizens of the country to assist the police with useful information to tackle all forms of social vices across the country.

The CP equally used this medium to call on the parents to ensure that they imparted moral values on their children in the overall interest of peace, unity and progress of Nigeria, the the commissioner urged the religious leaders, community leaders and other critical stakeholders to play educating roles in bringing peaceful coexistence and prosperity across the society of Nigeria.

The CP further stated that it’s a distinct call to duty and great responsibility to protect lives and properties in Bauchi state and Nigeria at large.

He equally noted that this requires collective and individual responsibilities to achieve the general objectives of securing lives and properties.

In another development, the CP said “our strategy in fighting crime and criminality would generally be focused on intelligence and community-oriented policing. This would no doubt foster our proactive measures in tackling menace of diverse crime and criminality trending in the state”.

The CP also stated that ”we shall maintain and strengthen collaborative partnership with all sister security agencies and community stakeholders in a bid to ensuring community security and proactively deal with emerging security threat to the state”.