Ben Ezechime, Enugu
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Ahmed Ammani has ordered Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Commanders of PMF Squadron Bases, other Tactical and Operational Units of the Police Command, to deploy personnel and all the operational and intelligence resources at their disposal to ensure that citizens were adequately protected in any part of the state beginning from Monday June 5, 2023.
Ammani gave the order following the ban on Mondays Sit-at-home in the state by Gov. Peter Mbah last Thursday.
In a statement by force spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the commissioner urged the operatives to ensure maximum public security and safety of citizens and property in the State on the hitherto illegal sit-at-home days.
He further directed them to ensure that the strategies already devised to reverse the ugly trend were implemented to the letter, warning that lapses on their parts shall not be tolerated.
He noted that innocent and law-abiding citizens of the state deserve to go about their lawful businesses without fear of harassment or physical threats by unscrupulous and subversive criminal elements, enforcing the illegal sit-at-home order.
Ammani further tasked the officers and personnel to ensure that they live up to expectations, by ensuring that every part of the state was visibly patrolled and necessary policing actions taken to forestall possible adverse activities of the undesirable criminal elements.
He assured that they would be working with other security agencies to ensure full compliance and warned miscreants to steer clear off the state on Mondays or face the consequences.
“This operation to end sit-at-home will be jointly executed by the Police, the Military, and other Security Agencies in the State, ” he said.
According to the statement: “The CP, enjoins citizens of the State to cooperate with the Police and the Joint Security Forces, while remaining law-abiding and vigilant as they fully begin to go about their lawful businesses on Mondays, like every other work day.
“He also urged residents of the state to promptly report criminals and their activities on such days and beyond to the nearest Police station or call the Command’s emergency hotlines on: 08032003702, 08075380883, 08086671202 or 08098880172 for necessary policing actions.”
It would be recalled that the governor had pronounced an end to the illegal sit-at-home being observed in Mondays and threatened to use forces at his disposal to deal with violators of the ban.
