Wike expressed confidence that the motorcycles will help to
further improve the security situation in the nation’s capital and urged the
beneficiaries to ensure that they are used to fight crime strictly in the rural
areas.
He said the rural parts of the FCT were more vulnerable to
crime due to their remote and difficult terrains and urged the security
agencies to give them the needed protection.
He also urged the Area Council Chairmen to ensure that the
motorcycles are given to the vigilante outfits in their various Councils,
assuring that the FCT Administration will provide logistics for those using the
motorcycles.
He said, “I don’t want to hear stories tomorrow that these
motorcycles are nowhere to be found again. I don’t want to hear such stories
because sometimes when you give out vehicles before you know it, the vehicles
are no longer there. Please utilize these motorcycles to fight crime in the
areas you have identified.
“So, I urge you to use it well and take it not for
commercial purposes. I don’t want to see the motorcycles in the city here. It
should be used in the rural areas.
“So, please let it be taken to the rural areas. All the
security outposts, you give it to them so that we don’t continue to hear
excuses that the terrain is so bad, they require this and that”.
The FCT Minister who also pledged continued support of the
FCT Administration to the FCT Area Councils, further disclosed that patrol
vehicles would also be ready for presentation to the security agencies in the
next couple of weeks, to aid the fight against crime and criminalities.
He said, “Now that you have been given, this may not be
enough and we will continue to provide more. For vehicles, we believe by the
next two weeks, the vehicles would have been ready to give out to security
agencies too.”
