Inspector General of Police Olatunji Disu has ordered additional security assets into Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State following recent attacks, and deployed the Assistant Inspector General for Zone 4, Dankombo Morris, to assess operations.

The move follows the IGP’s earlier directive that all his deputies relocate to their zones to coordinate operations against terrorists, bandits and kidnappers. According to a statement by Force spokesman Anietie Iniedu, Morris visited Kawel Community in Mushere District, met community leaders and traditional rulers, and conveyed the condolences of the police leadership to affected families.

Morris assured residents that all lawful measures were being used to arrest those responsible and prevent further violence, urged them to avoid reprisals, and disclosed that extra assets had been deployed to bolster security. He also paid courtesy calls on Governor Caleb Mutfwang and the Gbong Gwom Jos, reaffirming the force’s commitment to working with the state.

In a separate engagement, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice warned that the government must curb illicit financial flows to choke off funding for terrorism. Deputy Executive Director Leo Atakpu told a workshop for journalists that such flows had long drained resources meant for development, citing UN and African Union estimates that $148 billion is taken from Africa each year.

Atakpu said money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing remained serious threats, and faulted weak capacity among civil society groups in holding government to account. SecFin Africa representative Abdullahi Shehu added that, by IMF estimates, Nigeria is Africa’s third largest economy with a GDP of $290 billion, and that the largest share of the continent’s illicit flows, around $10 billion, originated from the country.