From Femi Mustapha, in Kaduna
Owing to an upsurge in thuggery (sara-suka), phone and female handbag snatching, and drug-related offences among youths in Kaduna State, the Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Command, CP A.D. Ali, has established a new outfit to clamp down on all acts of social vices in the State.
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO,) Mansir Hassan and made available to the media in Kaduna, yesterday, revealed that the unit which is referred to as the Anti Vice Unit has started operations and will be liaising with all the Divisions to diligently handle all cases of thuggery, phone snatching, drug and illicit substances consumption and peddling, possessing dangerous weapons, etc.
He said that no fewer than 25 persons have been arrested across the metropolis for the aforesaid offences with 16 among them arrested within the Rigasa axis and charged with thuggery (sara-suka) and having possession of dangerous weapons.
The Commissioner of Police Kaduna therefore, charged the new outfit to make Kaduna State, especially the metropolis safe for the populace by continuously denying these urchins any operating space.
He equally called on parents and guardians to warn their wards to desist from any act of delinquency, urging them to report any case of misconduct.
