By Rauf Oyewole
The Bauchi State Police Command has trained members of the National Association of Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria and Waste Recycling Association of Nigeria, Bauchi State Chapter on how to identify improvised devices and other dangerous items.
The Commander, Bomb Squad of the Command DSP Sunday Ekphah, while speaking at the training in Bauchi on Wednesday, said the sensitisation became necessary to the association on how to identify and dealing with metals and other items used for fabrication of explosive devices.
He explained that the sensitisation campaign was a collaboration between the Police Force and the National bodies of the unions which were implemented in all states of the federation.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Sani Ololori Aliyu represented by his assistant, ACP Musa Muhammad Amadu, urged the participants to wary danger at their scavenging sites for security of their lives.
DSP Yusuf Muhammad, however charged the participants to avoid buying every metal from unknown sources and report suspicious items to Police authorities.
Mohammed emphasised the importance of collective effort for securing the country stressing that security is everybody's business and urged all and sundry to report anything suspicious towards achieving the desired objectives.
On his part the Chairman of the Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers Association of Nigeria, Shagari Mohammad, commended the NPF for the sensitisation while pledging to step down the knowledge acquired to their members.
Scavengers from across the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State were in attendance.
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