POLICE SPENT N600M ON DOGS - ARASE

-           Inspector- General of Police, Solomon Arase says police spent N600m on the procurement and maintenance of foreign dogs in the last few years.

-          Arase made the disclosure yesterday at the inauguration of the Police Dog Breeding Centre and Ultra Modern Mounted Troop in Abuja.

-          According to him, the centre if effectively utilized, would save the nation some foreign exchange, and has the capacity to breed and supply police dogs to the entire West African region.

-          The IGP said with the initiative, the force would soon take its pride of place among countries with “professional K-9 ability.”

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