{"id":3951,"date":"2025-03-25T08:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2025-03-25T08:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:53:05","slug":"igp-assigns-sis-to-imo-amid-rising-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/igp-assigns-sis-to-imo-amid-rising-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP Assigns SIS to Imo Amid Rising Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has deployed Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to Imo State to assist in fighting criminal activities amid rising insecurity in the State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">This was disclosed to journalists through a press statement issued from the desk of the State Police Command, DSP Henry Okoye, who stated that the move was in line with the ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of every resident of the State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">Okoye added that the deployment was part of the IGP\u2019s ongoing commitment to enhancing peace, tackling criminal activities, and ensuring security across the three Geopolitical Zones in the State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">He revealed that the deployment, which comprised over 60 specially trained and equipped personnel, is tasked with reducing crime, dismantling criminal networks, and addressing security threats to the State\u2019s stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">The Command\u2019s spokesperson revealed that the unit would work as a unified force in collaboration with the State Police Command, other security agencies, and local vigilantes to implement what he termed, a comprehensive strategy for enhancing public safety across the State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">According to him,\u201cThe deployed personnel will be strategically stationed across the State\u2019s three senatorial districts, with a particular focus on areas that have experienced heightened security concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">Okoye narrated that following the new deployment, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, expressed his gratitude to the IGP for the proactive deployment of the special squad and acknowledged the invaluable support of the Governor of the State, Hope Uzodinma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">Danjuma, pointed out that the Governor\u2019s unwavering commitment, particularly in welfare and logistics, has been instrumental to the success of the deployment and has significantly boosted the morale of the personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;font-size: 1.2rem;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">The special squad, according to Okoye, was first launched in July 2023, which he maintained,has played a key role in addressing nationwide security challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has deployed Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to Imo State to assist in fighting criminal activities amid rising insecurity in the State. This was disclosed to journalists through a press statement issued from the desk of the State Police Command, DSP Henry Okoye, who stated that the move was in line with the ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of every resident of the State. Okoye added that the deployment was part of the IGP\u2019s ongoing commitment to enhancing peace, tackling criminal activities, and ensuring security across the three Geopolitical Zones in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[116,817,156,215],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-gov-hope-uzodinma","tag-igp-egbetokun","tag-imo-police-command","tag-insecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3952,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions\/3952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}