Jane Salihu
The Kano State Police Command has stepped up security around the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, and intensified patrols along the Kano–Maiduguri highway and Kano–Jigawa border corridor as part of a renewed strategy to prevent criminals from exploiting interstate routes and strengthen intelligence-led policing.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed this during a strategic security appraisal at the Nigeria Police Academy, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa.
The security assessment, the Command said, was aimed at reviewing existing security architecture around the country’s premier police training institution and identifying areas requiring reinforcement to enhance its operational safety.
During the visit, Bakori met with the Academy’s Commandant, Patrick A. Atayero, and conducted an inspection of the institution’s perimeter security, access control systems and emergency response arrangements.
The Commissioner also held strategic discussions with the Commandant on strengthening intelligence sharing, emergency response mechanisms and joint operational exercises between the Academy and the Kano State Police Command.
Bakori commended Atayero for maintaining high standards of discipline, professionalism and internal security within the Academy, describing the institution as a critical national asset responsible for grooming the next generation of police leaders.
Following the assessment, the Police Commissioner led a high-level operational patrol along the Kano–Maiduguri Road and the Kano–Jigawa border axis to reinforce the Inspector-General of Police’s Handshake Patrol initiative.
According to the Command, the Handshake Patrol is an intelligence-driven inter-command policing strategy designed to deny criminal elements freedom of movement across state boundaries, prevent the spillover of crime from neighbouring states and strengthen operational collaboration between adjoining police commands.
Bakori directed officers to sustain enhanced surveillance, intelligence gathering and rapid response operations along the corridor, noting that patrols would be reviewed regularly based on emerging security threats to ensure the protection of lives, property and commercial activities.
The Commissioner reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to the policing vision of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, which emphasises proactive, collaborative, intelligence-led and technology-driven policing.
He also urged residents to remain vigilant and promptly report suspicious persons, movements or objects to the nearest police formation as part of efforts to strengthen community participation in crime prevention.
