The joint security task force, Operation Sweep FCT, has concluded arrangements to intensify coordinated operations aimed at ridding the Federal Capital Territory and surrounding communities of criminal elements.

FCT police commissioner, Ahmed Sanusi said this after the reactivation of the exercise on Friday in Abuja.

Mr Sanusi said the renewed offensive became necessary following emerging security threats within the FCT and its environs, including kidnapping, armed robbery, and banditry.

“Our operation is not targeted at any particular group, religion or culture. Crime has no tribe, no religion and no culture. Our mandate is to face criminals and criminality at whatever level,” he said.

He explained that the operation involved personnel from the police, military, State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Federal Road Safety Corps.

Others include the FCT Directorate of Road Transport Services, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies operating within the territory.

According to him, the joint initiative demonstrates strong inter-agency synergy in tackling insecurity and sustaining peace in the nation’s capital.

“We will face the dreaded monsters head-on and bring about peace, tranquillity and a higher level of security within and around the FCT,” he added.

Mr Sanusi assured residents that operatives would act professionally and avoid intimidation or harassment of innocent citizens during the exercise.

He urged residents, the media, and international partners to support the operation with credible intelligence to help dismantle criminal networks operating in the capital.

“This operation will remain for as long as the FCT remains. There is no part of the FCT isolated from our operation,” he said.

(NAN)