By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi

Deputy inspector General of Police northwest, DIG Sulaiman Muhammed Abdul on Wednesday officially lunched Nigeria Police violent crime response unit in Kebbi state.

The Police chief said that his visit to Kebbi and lunch of the violent crime response unit was based on the inspector General of Police directive to show his commitments to reducing crime in the country.

According to him,VCRU is technology driven as it embodies data collections of crimes being planned by criminal elements as such instead of responding after the crime is committed the unit prevents crimes from taking place.

” The Police will no longer wait for crime to happen, with the new unit instead the Police will be ahead of the perpetrators of crimes to ensure improved security and the safety of Nigerians wherever they are”.