Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has commended the Nigerian Navy’s role in the fight against insecurity in the state.
Soludo gave the commendation while receiving the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla who paid him courtesy visit at Governor’s Lodge Amawbia Awka, Friday.
While commending the Navy and their formidable collaborations with other security agencies, the governor revealed that there is increased need for naval presence in the State because of the oil theft and bunkering going on at the Ogwuikpele area of the state.
Soludo said that Vice Admiral Ogalla’s appointment is strategic in helping the region drastically fight insecurity that has become an existential threat to entire Ndigbo and Ndi Anambra in particular.
He said: “It has become existential threat in the South-East, but with your strategic appointment, there is this voice, to uproot the criminals and profile them for who they are.
“We deserve to have a liveable and prosperous Anambra State,” he said.
The Governor praised the Navy and indeed, all security agencies operating in the state, for the sacrifices and described their job as a calling that should be respected.
Speaking earlier, Vice Admiral Ogalla recalled that the Naval Outpost in Onitsha was established with assistance from the state government, assuring that they will redouble their efforts to do more to ensure that peace returns in the region.
He decried a situation where sit-at-home persists and criminal gangs parade themselves as people who dictate what happens as an aberration with the tendency of drawing the region backwards
