FCT Police Chief Issues Two-Week Ultimatum to DPOs Over City Centre Crime

The Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory, CP Ahmed Sanusi, has given a strict two-week deadline to all 17 Divisional Police Officers under the Metro Area Command to eliminate robbery and other criminal activities within the city centre. The directive was issued during an operational review meeting held on Friday, which was convened to assess the current security landscape and address tactical gaps within the capital.

A statement released by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, indicated that the command is heavily focusing on emerging security threats.

The commissioner highlighted several areas of immediate concern, including a rise in traffic robberies, armed carjackings, “one-chance” commercial vehicle robberies, and widespread vandalism of public and private property. Operational concerns also extended to traffic-related infractions, such as reckless driving, illegal highway parking, severe gridlock, and the prohibited operation of commercial motorcycles on major city roads.

Under the new operational strategy, the 17 DPOs and the supervising Metro Area Commander have been instructed to concentrate their personnel and resources entirely on securing the urban core. To balance this focus, Commissioner Sanusi announced that he would personally take oversight responsibility for managing security challenges across the FCT suburbs.

The command issued a stern warning against operational laxity, stating that officers who fail to curb these criminal trends within the designated two weeks would face administrative consequences. The supervising Area Commander has been tasked with ensuring total compliance with the new directives across all divisions.

This latest enforcement push aligns with a broader, ongoing anti-crime campaign by the FCT Police Command. Recent enforcement actions include a June 9 rescue operation in the Byazhin area that successfully freed five abducted individuals, as well as a series of targeted raids that dismantled bandit camps along the Abuja–Niger–Kaduna border.

Security officials continue to urge capital residents to support these initiatives by channeling timely actionable intelligence to local divisions or through established emergency hotlines.