Tourism expert, Chief Mike Amachree has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to, as a matter of urgency, create a tourism police department.
Amachree also called for a meeting of all tourism industry practitioners and stakeholders to meet and map out strategies on how to stop the unfortunate incident that happened in Kajuru Castle from repeating.
It would be recalled that on Easter Friday, some bandits attacked a popular tourist site in Kaduna State, the Kajuru Castle. In the exchange of gunfire between the security men and the bandits, two tourists were hit by bullets and they died.
He further stated that the creation of department would help safeguard lives and property of tourists.
Amachree was reacting to the recent incident at the Kajuru Castle, Kajuru, Kaduna State. He condemned the attack on harmless tourists in kajuru by bandits and said it must not be allowed to happen again.
He said: “Tourism is big business and the current upsurge in…
