Wike Distributes Motorcycles to Boost Security in Abuja

Wike distributes motorcycles to the Vigilance Group of Nigeria (VGN) and other security agencies to boost security efforts in rural areas of the Federal Capital Territory.

Wike emphasized the need to use the motorcycles for fighting crimes in hard-to-reach areas and provided additional logistical support to further strengthen security in the region.

In a move to strengthen security efforts in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has provided 60 motorcycles to the Vigilance Group of Nigeria (VGN) and other security agencies.

VerseNews gathered that the motorcycles were distributed as follows: 30 to the Nigeria Police, five each to the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the remainder to the VGN.

Wike emphasized the importance of utilizing the motorcycles in rural areas to combat insecurity, urging the VGN and other agencies to support the police and prioritize the safety of the FCT’s rural communities.

He stressed that the motorcycles should not be used for commercial purposes or in urban centers.

“Remember that security agencies requested for specialised motorcycles that will be used particularly in the rural areas. The vigilance teams will use them in the six Area Councils, and then the Police, the SSS, and the Civil Defence will also want to do theirs.

“Let me caution, particularly to the security agencies, I do not want to hear stories tomorrow that the motorcycles are nowhere to be found again. I do not want to hear such stories, because sometimes when you give out vehicles, before you knew it, the vehicles are no more there.

“Please utilise these motorcycles to fight crimes in the areas you have identified. Ordinarily, the chairmen of the area councils ought to handle this, but this is our support to them in the councils,” he said.

The minister expressed his commitment to continue providing logistical support to security agencies, highlighting that more vehicles will be distributed in the near future.

“We are going to provide logistics for them. We have promised the residents of Abuja and the Area Councils that security is a priority for the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Anything we can do to protect lives and properties; we are going to do it. So, I urge you to use it well, and take it not for commercial purposes. I don’t want to see the motorcycles in the city here. It should be used in the rural areas, so, they should not be used here.

“We are already trying to see how we can phase out motorcycles here, so please let it be taken to the rural areas. All the security agencies, the outposts, give it to them,” he said.

The Commandant General of the VGN praised the minister’s efforts in enhancing community security across the capital’s six area councils.