Yobe Police Launch Farming Season Security Clampdown on Weapons and Unplated Vehicles
Every year, the farming season arrives with its own particular tension in Nigeria's North East. Land gets contested. Cattle stray. Old grievances find new excuses. And sometimes, people die over it. The Yobe State Police Command is apparently not waiting for that to happen before doing something about it. Usman Kanfani Jibrin, the Commissioner of Police for Yobe State, has issued a set of directives designed specifically to address the security risks that tend to spike during the farming season. The orders came out of a strategic security meeting held yesterday with the Police Management Team, Department Heads, Tactical Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers across the state. SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command's Public Relations Officer, confirmed the details in an official statement. The directives cover several fronts, and taken together they paint a picture of a command that has thought about where trouble is most likely to start. On weapons: officers have been instructed...
