The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Aderemi Adeoye has promised to provide appropriate security across the state to ensure peaceful and serene Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Adeoye, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Monday, said that though the security situation in Anambra at the moment was calm, the police would ensure that criminals do not exploit the situation to disrupt the peace of the state.
”Measures on ground are adequate to guarantee safety and security of everyone in Anambra; we are good to go, the people of Anambra will enjoy a peaceful Christmas and prosperous new year celebrations.
”We will continue to fine tune our strategy and deployment policy to ensure we are several steps ahead of those who are on the other side of the law.
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“As a command, our aim is to provide adequate security for everyone to carry out their legitimate businesses and to live without let or hindrance or harassment,” he added.
Adeoye said, the personnel are well motivated and their morale is high to carry out their responsibilities.
”The enthusiasm is unprecedented, so I do not foresee any situation that will be beyond them to handle,” he said.
He said the command would focus on providing general security and protection of for vulnerable and exposed persons.
“The manpower situation can be better but we will make do with what we have; and for general security, we have enough manpower.
”It is when individuals want a battalion to escort or guard their houses that we have a challenge.
“Insecurity in the Southeast is peculiar, we have an insurgency going on even though it has been controlled to an extent, so the idea of not protecting VIPs does not arise,” he said.
Adeoye clarified that while the Inspector General of Police did not forbid VIP protection, it would not be provided by the police mobile force, which is equipped to handle disturbances, maintain order, and resolve disputes.
He claims that leaving people exposed and defenseless to armed thugs will have fatal consequences.
“We have personnel in the department of operation and the special protection unit who are qualified to guard VIPs, but the VIPs have to be legitimate VIPs.
“Everyone should be protected because everyone values themselves, and I respect that, but we might not be able to provide individualized protection at this time,”
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