Following the inauguration of Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad, SASA, at Onitsha by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, sixty-four suspected touts and one-chance operators have been arrested by the squad in various parts of the commercial city.

 

Parading the suspects, SASA Director of Operations, Mr. Solomon Onwuemene, said that the squad commenced operations immediately after their inauguration by Governor Soludo.

 

He told ABS that the suspects were arrested at Upper Iweka, Bridge Head and Chisco Motor Park respectively.

 

Mr. Onwuemene made it clear that the squad will make Onitsha and other cities in the state uncomfortable for touts and those who engage in criminal activities.

 

According to the SASA Director of Operations, the squad is determined to rid the state of all forms of social vices, and advised those who derive pleasure in touting to make themselves productive by keying into Governor Soludo’s youth empowerment policies and programmes.

 

Mr. Onwuemene revealed that all those arrested would be tried according to the law to serve as deterrence to others.