The Commissioner of Police Plateau State Command, CP Bartholomew Onyeka, has on Thursday commissioned a new Police Divisional Headquarters in Namu district of Qua’an pan Local Government Area of the State.
Statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo said the Plateau Police boss while commissioning the Division, hinted that the new division came in to being as a result of the strong Community Policing advocacy of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
According to the CP, aside approving the formation of the police facility, the IGP also equipped it with firearms, ammunition and a brand new 2021 model Toyota Hilux as operational vehicle to effectively police Namu community.
CP Onyeka urged Namu traditional rulers, youths and other security agencies to support the new division in its constitutional quest of maintaining law and order in the Community.
He expressed optimism that the new Police Division will do exceptional exploits in crime fighting, envisioned the Division to grow into becoming an Area Command in the future.
In their separate remarks, the Chairman of Qua’an pan LGA, Hon. Ernest Da’ a and the Long Jan of Namu, HRH Alhaji (Dr) Engr. Safiyanu Allahnana Magaji lll, thanked the Inspector General of Police for his gracious approval of the formation and the CP for ensuring that the yearnings of having a Police Divisional Headquarters in Namu come into fruition, adding that posterity will remember the CP for the edifice.
According to the statement, the new divisional Police headquarters is the third division being commissioned by the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP. Bartholomew Onyeka since his assumption of office. The three divisions are Bashar Division in Wase LGA, Gindri Division in Mangu LGA and the just commissioned Namu Divisional Headquarters.