By: Valentine Adese (JP),
The Coordinator of Operation Rainbow the State Security outfit in Plateau State, AIG Dabup Makama (Rtd) has disclosed that 600 people have been trained to be Operatives of the outfit from 5 Local government Areas of the state.
Dabup in an on-the-spot interview with Journalists at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium where the Operatives were into their final drills and rehearsal for their passing out parade, said after tomorrow, they Operatives would be direct employees of the outfit.
According to Dabup, “The training of these 600 people, who are going to be identified by their uniforms as Operation Rainbow’s Neighbourhood Operatives, would be ready to commence the internal first-line defense of their various Local Government Areas (LGAS) in the state”.
From the extract of the interview, AIG Dabup (Rtd) in part, while fielding answers to the questions by Journalists said, “To start with, I am a retired AIG. My name is Dabup Makama. I am the coordinator of Operation Rainbow outfit in Plateau State.
“What you are seeing here today at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium today is the rehearsal of the parade by the “Neighbourhood Watch” of Operation Rainbow as their passing out is tomorrow. What you are watching now is their last rehearsal at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium, to enable them to perform tomorrow for all the people of Plateau to see what they have in terms of the state’s internal security arrangement.
“Everybody knows of Operation Rainbow which was approved by the Nigerian President and created by the enabling Law of the Plateau State House of Assembly.
“The promise of Governor Caleb Mutfwang, before and after assuming office, if you recall, is to revamp Operation Rainbow and that is what we are doing today.
“The training of these 600 people, who are going to be identified by their uniforms as Operation Rainbow’s Neighbourhood Operatives, would be ready to commence the internal first-line defense of their various Local Government Areas (LGAS) in the state.
“From the record, they are actually from 5 LGAs of Plateau State and this is a “Strategic Plan” of the state. This is because we cannot have the 17 LGAs at the same time. So, it is strategic that we train youths from 5 LGAs at a time and this is the first batch.
“The criteria for selecting the participants who will now be employees of Operation Rainbow is age, (Below 60 years), you must belong to a Ward in the LGA, and depending on the size of the LGA and the spread. Mangu being the widest has 200 slots, followed by Riyom with Hundred, Bassa, Hundred (100), Bokkos, Hundred (100) and Barikin-Ladi Hundred (100), making a total of Six Hundred (600) that have been so far trained”.
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