From Uchenna Ezeadigwe,
Awka
Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has ordered clampdown on criminals, touts and use of vehicles with tinted glasses as part of measures to curtail rising insecurity in the state.
Obiano, in a statement in Awka, on Monday, also directed security agents to clamp down on cultists and their activities. “Security agencies are, hereby, directed to arrest anybody hanging on the road with sticks and molesting innocent citizens and drivers,” Obiano said.
He observed that, within the past week, the state witnessed targeted attacks on security personnel and facilities in the state by hoodlums. “So far, police and navy personnel on official duties at strategic checkpoints in various locations in the state were sporadically attacked, killed and their firearms taken away. Also, prison and police personnel conveying an inmate to court were equally attacked and killed.
“Anambra state government categorically condemned these attacks on our security personnel and is doing everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
“I have, therefore, directed all security agencies in the state, vigilance services, all task forces and every structure in the state security infrastructure to rise in defence of our dear state. I hereby raise the security alert in the state and I commit to restoring order and security immediately,” he said.
Obiano said that security agencies would be conducting special operations aimed at neutralizing the emerging threats to the safety of the people of the state. “All kinds of touting in the state in whatever guise, especially in Onitsha, will no longer be tolerated,” he said.
