The personnel of the Police Command in Anambra, on Monday, patrolled the streets and main roads within the state as an intensified effort in the direction of tackling the Monday sit-at-home throughout the state.
The staff, comprising of police and different safety forces was led by the Commissioner of Police within the state, CP Ikioye Orutugu.
Talking to journalists through the train, Orutugu hails Anambra residents for becoming a member of voices to sentence the sit-at-home, and urge them to lift their voice in opposition to any act that threatens nationwide unity.
He stated the aim is to discourage prison actions, construct belief with the neighborhood and supply a safe ambiance for financial and social progress to thrive.
He stated, “That is an effort to display dedication to finish sit-at-home with an enormous deployment of safety personnel to completely different strategic and recognized areas as Police and different safety forces intensified patrols towards safety dominance within the state.
“The aim is to discourage prison actions, construct belief with the neighborhood, and supply a safe ambiance for financial and social progress.
“We hail Ndi Anambra and the state authorities via the launch of ‘Operation Udo-Ga-Chi’ by collectively becoming a member of voices to sentence any act that threatens nationwide peace.
“We now have resolved to discover each mandatory authorized technique and to continuously assessment each kinetic and non-kinetic steps taken in the direction of stabilising the safety of the state.”
Based on him, this enhanced safety presence entails elevated patrols and surveillance, strategic deployment of personnel and sources, intelligence gathering and neighborhood engagement, proactive measures to stop and reply well timed to crimes.
Regardless of the patrol, our correspondent noticed that markets, faculties, motor parks, banks, petrol stations, legislation courts, and different public amenities remained closed, whereas main roads throughout the state had been largely abandoned throughout main cities akin to Onitsha, Nnewi and a few components of Awka as residents stayed indoors as traditional on Mondays.