Brenda Yufeh
5 November 2009
The Deputy Secretary General at the Presidency, Pr. Peter Agbor Tabi, made the statement as he opened heads of police meeting yesterday in Yaounde.
The Minister-Deputy Secretary General at the Presidency, Professor Peter Agbor Tabi, has called on heads of the police force in the Central African Sub-Region to formulate new strategies and adopt programmes that will better curb crime. He was speaking yesterday at the Yaounde Conference Centre as he represented the President of the Republic at the opening of the 10th session of the Central Africa Police Chief Committee dubbed CAPCCO. Pr Peter Agbor Tabi said faced with the multiplicity of crimes taking place within the Central Africa Region, there is a great necessity for the police force to seek other measures that will not only curb criminality but will also track down the perpetrators.
Without doubting the experience of the police forces in the CEMAC zone in fighting crime, the Minister-Deputy Secretary General at the Presidency lauded the success accomplished by the committee of police chiefs since its inception. With the efforts of the police force and through Operation GBANDA I and II, the importation of stolen second-hand vehicles has been successful tracked down. He also lauded the cooperation between CAPCCO and the International Organisation of Criminal Police-INTERPOL which is geared towards facing the challenges of security in the Central African Region.
Other speeches delivered during the event such as that of the representative of the President of the CEMAC Commission and the Delegate General for National Security, Emmanuel Edou, who also doubles as the acting president of the Central African Police Chiefs Committee, lauded the cooperation that exists in the CEMAC region. While noting that the idea of cooperation has always been emphasised by the various Heads of State in the CEMAC region during their meetings, Emmanaul Edou added that CAPCCO is a decisive phase of integration in the zone. In pursing a collective march to address the problem of insecurity in Central Africa, Emmanual Edou said many actions have been taken amongst policemen in the region in harmonising legislation on criminal matters as well as planning, organising and supervising simultaneous police operations.
The Delegate General for National Security said people might be tempted to say that criminals are a step ahead of the police force due to their constant attacks but this must not make them relent in their efforts to cooperate through CAPCCO and INTERPOL to run faster than criminals in the region. One of such moves is Operation GBANDA II and by the end of the current session, the police force will come up with modalities on Operation GBANDA III.
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