Nigeria’s Police Chief Egbetokun Raises 40,000 Strong Special Intervention Squad to Tackle Non-State Actors

In his first major official act aimed at containing the activities of non-state actors and other criminalities plaguing the country, Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, raised a 40,000 strong special intervention squad.

He said 1,000 of the squad would be deployed to each state of the federation as a standby force while 4,000 would be deployed to volatile areas in the country.