Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aderemi Adeoye says the command is committed to providing adequate security to the residents of the state without fear or favour.

 

Mr. Adeoye disclosed this when he alongside some top officers of the command paid a courtesy visit to the traditional ruler of Awka community Obi Gibson Nwosu in his palace.

Speaking during the visit, Mr. Adeoye who is the thirty third Anambra Commissioner of Police said that his posting as the State’s commissioner of police is his fourth sojourn as a police officer in Anambra since 1991 when he was first posted to the state, and that he had worked in Feggea Onitsha, Oba, Ojoto and Nnewi among others.

He said that Anambra is his second home and described Awka people as very hospitable, lovely and caring, even as he showered encomiums on one of the illustrious sons of the community, Chief Ken Chukwurah who is a retired Director at the Department of State Service (DSS) who he said provided an intelligence that saved hundreds of souls many years ago while both of them were working together to fight Boko Haram insurgency in maiduguri, Borno State.

The Anambra Police Commissioner revealed that the command has arrested thirty-three suspects for secret cult related offences and appealed to Ndi Awka to give his command maximum support to end the menace of cultism in the city.

 

While thanking the Commissioner for the visit, Chief Chukwurah and a stakeholder in Awka Chief Jonathan Nzekwe maintained that Mr. Adeoye is the right person Ndi Anambra need at the moment in fighting all forms of crimes and criminality because of his wealth of experience, and revealed that adequate security is driven by tactical intelligence and assured the Commissioner of Police of their unalloyed support at all times.

Earlier, Obi Nwosu represented by the Traditional Prime Minister of the Town, Engineer Benjamin Okoye commenced Mr. Adeoye for the visit and described him as a thorough-bred security experts who understands the Awka and Anambra terrain very well having lived in Awka for so many years.

 

The Awka monarch assured Mr. Adeoye that the people of the community will always give him all the support the command needed to excel in their assignment and asked the Commissioner of Police to put an end to the incessant barricading of tarred roads in Awka, which he said could hamper movement in case of emergencies.

Mr Adeoye was accompanied on the visit by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Mr. David Iloyanomo, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Toochukwu.

 

The Media Coordinator in the Ezeuzu Palace of Awka, Rotarian Abuchi Nwozor was also present during the visit, while handing over of a souvenir cementing relationship between Ndi Awka and the State Police Command by the Commissioner of Police to Obi Nwosu climaxed the event.