The Plateau State Police Command said on Thursday, that the Police Constabulary, who was one of the Bandits killed in Mangu Local Government Area by Men of Operation Safe Haven, has long been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force.
Recall that operatives of the Special Taskforce Operation Safe Haven on Wednesday, neutralized three bandits, believed to be among several others, terrorizing the citizens in Mangu, where some rifles were recovered, including an Identity Card of a Constabulary Police officer by the name, of Katzing Zwalnan Zingfa, of Langtang North Local Government Area, Tarok by tribe, born on November 23, 1990.
In a statement signed by the Plateau State spokesman for the Police Command, ASP Alfred Alabo, said the Special Constabulary is a scheme employed by the then Police administration between 2018 and 2019 with the support of the state governments, who arranged training colleges and paid for the cost of training, which involves the voluntary recruitment of able-bodied men and women of all ages to give teeth to the concept of community policing in all parts of the nation.
The police said that the men were selected by their Traditional rulers and local government chairmen to be persons of credible character and brought to the Police for training.
The statement further explained that the special Constabularies are to aid the Police in intelligence gathering, are not to in any way bear firearms, and are only mandated to be physically present at the Police Station for two hours daily.
It further disclosed that on completion of his training on November 13, 2020, he was posted to Langtang North Area Command, and later to Langtang North Division, to carry out his mandate of assisting the Police in crime prevention and intelligence gathering, but he later absconded from duty for over a year, and by his action of absconding from duty, his character was already in question, and was declared a deserter according to the first schedule, 1990, and Section 107 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020.”
The Police also explained that the Area Commander, Langtang, also directed all DPOs in the Area Command to arrest him as soon as he was seen after he was dismissed.
All efforts to track him and retrieve all Police accoutrements proved abortive until July 11 when he met his Waterloo.
The Commissioner of Police, CP further warned that the Nigeria Police Force will never tolerate any of its officers with criminal tendencies within the force, and will always do its best to ensure that they have no place in the force.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
