The Inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the AIGs of the Nigerian police to immediately deploy all the newly trained officers of SWAT team for routine patrols without further ado.
According to the IG, the SWAT teams would be deployed for the time being pending when they are embarking on their primary assignments.
The IGP gave this order to the AIGs which was also addressed to the commissioners of police in the various states of the country.
A senior police source said that the patrol by the SWAT operatives was part of the security measures being put to circumvent the alarming increase in insecurity in the country.
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