The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Alkali Baba has promised that police will not spare any criminal hiding under agitation to attack people of Anambra State.
The IGP stated this in Amawbia, near Awka, Anambra State, where he commissioned an ultra-modern divisional police station with a police quarters for senior police officers in the division.
He said police would no longer allow criminal elements to keep operating in any state in the South East.
“Secessionist ideas will not continue like this. There are better ways to agitate and the government will not be intimidated by these people. This is criminality and the agitation for Biafra is just a smokescreen for criminality.
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“Vigilante operatives are key in our crime fighting. The vigilante operatives have done well, without them we will not succeed. We urge communities to support their vigilante. Security is everybody’s business, security is not keeping quiet when you see what is going wrong, or what you should do,” he said.
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