- The Counter Terrorism Unit of the Nigeria Police Force was established in the year 2007
- The core mandate of the CTU is to operate as full fledge unit to counter terror and other heinous crimes across the nation.
- The CTU carryout combat and investigations of all acts of terrorism, violent and organized crimes and protect our critical national infrastructure.
The CTU has been very visible in enhancing the success of Operation Puff Adder which has brought the drastic reduction in the activities of kidnappers and robbery operations on our major highways.
