The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered the Commissioners of Police and Divisional Police Officers in Benue, Rivers, Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom to arrest and prosecute the cultists and other criminal gangs in their states.
Arase frowned on the violent activities of the delinquent youths, which he described as a security threat.
The IG, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, directed the CPs and DPOs in the concerned states to be on the lookout for the cultists and to bring them to book.
He advised parents and guardians to warn their wards and children against the social menace that could jeopardise their future.
“While observing that no nation can develop if their youths were involved in cultism and other criminal activities, Arase urged the youths to rather engage themselves in productive activities,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has said the Federal Government would ensure that the deadly activities of Boko Haram were brought to a halt before May 29, 2015 when the current administration will bow out of office.
Speaking during the inauguration of the Civil Defence Cooperative Housing Estate, Phase 3, Abuja, the minister noted that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, had established itself as a vital link in the nation’s security system.
According to him, the corps has earned the confidence of Nigerians, adding that the NSCDC would continue to work hard to protect vital national infrastructure, noting that the Corps Commandant-General, Ade Abolurin, had done well in the area of staff welfare.
Moro said, “President Goodluck Jonathan is working hard to ensure that we hand over a complete government to the in-coming administration. We will ensure that Boko Haram activities are brought to a halt before we hand over to the next government.
“The President has directed that every ministry should work hard to deliver on their mandate to Nigerians before May 29.”
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