Insecurity: Akwa Ibom govt donates patrol vehicles to security agencies

Akwa Ibom State Government has donated 20 patrol vehicles to information agencies successful the authorities to boost their operations.

Governor Umo Eno presented the Toyota Hilux trucks fitted with state-of-the-art gadgets to the agencies connected Thursday connected behalf of the authorities government.

“This motion is to guarantee the authorities remains 1 of the astir peaceful and harmless for its citizenry and investors.

“It is portion of the government’s effort astatine ridding the authorities of transgression elements.

“My medication volition halt astatine thing to guarantee that bid and information successful the authorities is maintained,” helium said.

The politician added that the authorities was besides mounting up a Tactical Command Control Centre to heighten accusation sharing and synergy among the applicable agencies.

He commended the work commanders for the robust narration existing betwixt the assorted information agencies and the Akwa Ibom State government.

“We are determined due to the fact that the superior work of immoderate authorities is to unafraid the lives and spot of its citizens and guarantee their welfare.

“We are determined to marque definite we don’t neglect successful that regard.

“We’ll bash thing to guarantee that criminals fly Akwa Ibom’s shores whether it is by oversea oregon land.

Gov Eno with constabulary commissioner

“We are donating these vehicles towards the realisation of those goals and objectives of the authorities and the payment of our people.

“I had promised that I’ll springiness immoderate it takes to proceed to amended information successful this state. We had donated 14 gunboats earlier to combat maritime crimes.

“We’re going to enactment with onshore vehicles and different gadgets. We’re mounting up a Tactical Command Control Centre successful Akwa Ibom truthful that each the services tin enactment together,” Mr Eno said.

He, however, cautioned that the vehicles, which are designated for information operations wrong Akwa Ibom State, should not beryllium taken extracurricular the state.

The politician stressed that the vehicles should not beryllium utilized for different purposes that would besides thwart the government’s intentions for acquiring them.

Receiving the vehicles connected behalf of the information agencies, the Commissioner of Police successful Akwa Ibom, Waheed Ayilara, commended the governor’s “genuine intentions and efforts” to enactment information operations.

Mr Ayilara assured that the vehicles would beryllium utilised optimally to guarantee the information of the lives and spot of Akwa Ibom residents.

There person been cases of abduction-for-ransom precocious successful the state, with suspected kidnappers gunning down astatine slightest 2 persons.

(NAN)