The Kano State Police Command has narrated how Nasiru Abdullahi, a once-wanted thug known as Chile Maidoki, got a police job.
According to the police, Abdullahi repented and chose to work with the police in their fight against crime in the state.
Abdullahi is one of the 50 thugs recently recruited into the Kano police’s constabulary ranks, a development the Police Service Commission has justified in a statement signed by Ikechukwu Ani, the commission’s head of press and public relations.
The commission said that the absorbed men were influential youth who had been used for illicit political assignment and abandoned by their paymasters after the election.
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The PSC’s reaction was triggered by a picture of Abdullahi in a police uniform that went viral on X (previously Twitter) on Monday.
“The attention of the Police Service Commission has been drawn to the operations of the Special Constabulary in Kano State, especially the issue of a repentant criminal said to have been recruited into the organisation,” said the spokesperson.
He stated that the recruited repentant terrors would be deployed to their communities to complement local policing to fish out criminals in their hideouts.
“The commission wishes to state categorically that the special constabulary are not policemen and not recognised as such by the commission and government,” he said.
“The commission, however, notes that the constabulary operations are covered and recognised by the Police Act and are readily useful and needed now that the nation is fighting to end the siege of criminals across the country.
“The commission is in touch with the Kano State Police Command and is aware that the use of the constabulary is to support the police in building a crime-free Kano State.
“It is necessary to state that the men and women recruited as special constabulary are posted to work in their locality where they will be in a better position to fish out the criminals terrorising the place.
“Some of the repentant influential youths previously used in the past as political thugs and abandoned have realised that crime does not pay and have voluntarily offered themselves to assist [in the] fight for a crime-free state.
“The commission is also aware that the Kano Special Constabulary has received adequate training and are working in their local government areas as required by law but under strict supervision of the state police command. Their engagement is obviously for visibility and to promote sustainable peace, economic growth and development of the state.
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“Chairman of the commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, a former inspector general of police, says the commission will continue to partner with the police to ensure an improved security of lives and property in the country. Dr. Arase noted that security is not only a government responsibility but that of every Nigerian and called for a citizen-based approach to security in Nigeria.
“He, however, disclosed that the commission in consultation with the Inspector General of Police will ensure that the uniform of the constabularies are clearly differentiated from that of the Nigeria Police Force to avoid cases of identity crisis and also define their specific roles in the security architecture of the nation.”
Abdullahi was declared wanted by the police alongside Abba Burakita of Dorayi Quarters and Hantar Daba of Kwanar Disu for terrorising communities.
Part of a statement by Abdullahi Kiyawa, the police spokesperson Kano State, on Abdullahi’s surrender read, “During the hide and seek regime, the said repentant terror Chile Maidoki said to the police that he used to sleep at a burial ground yard in Kano City just to evade detection by security personnel.
“He is now appealing to the Police and the good people of the State to forgive him, that he has repented and is now ready to work with the Police to promote sustainable peace and development in the State. He is therefore not to be arrested by the police or stigmatised by members of the public.”
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