Friday, January 16, 2015
Mogadishu, Induction of the new Nigerian police peacekeepers concluded on Thursday at the Mogadishu Stadium with words of encouragement from AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay.
The Nigerian Police Contingent of 101 men and 39 women received training that will help them fulfill their duties in a more informed manner.
They also received briefing on the mandate of AMISOM Police in Somalia. AMISOM Police Force Commissioner Anand Pillay stressed the importance of their role in keeping Somalia safe, especially in community policing in various parts of the country.
“When we recover areas, and when the military are involved in doing that, al-shabaab moves out and they merge with communities and they continue with asymmetric attacks on innocent civilians, our AMISOM forces, UN forces, Government personnel and employees. So it basically means that the FPUs are one real source to try and rectify the problem and assist in in solving it, in that we work with communities, we work doing policing activities within areas that are vulnerable, that we can mount roadblocks, checkpoints, cordon and searches, searching of people and that way we will be able to identify people with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), weapons and people associated or affiliated to these al-shabba groups”, Anand Pillay said.
The Nigerian Police contingent is led by Chief Superintendent Akande A. Aliyu.