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Government crime crackdown

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    New anti-crime measures are to be put in place to try and end a rising wave of violence and the general insecurity in the country, news organisations reported on Thursday. President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Police Affairs Minister David Jemibewon and Inspector General of Police Musiliu Smith to update a weekly security meeting on the fight against crime in the country. The federal government has also reintroduced a motorised ‘stop-and-search’ operation to be supported by aerial patrols. Other strategies to be implemented by police in their fight against crime include: using reliable informants; raids on criminals’ hideouts; increased marine and aerial operations in the oil-producing areas; and more street patrols, according to news reports.

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