• Vows no crime will go unpunished as police nab 2 over Eha-Amufu attack
Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said that Enugu remains one of the safest states in the country, irrespective of propaganda by mercahants of falsehood.
He said the state had put proactive measures in place and invested in capacity to solve every single crime and bring the perpetrators to book.
This is even as the Police in Isi-Uzo made arrests over the recent attack on Eha-Amufu farm settlements, which left some persons dead.
He spoke when he received the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 13, AIG Abayomi Oladipo, at the Lion Building, Enugu, yesterday.
He said he was aware that his administration could not achieve the ambition to grow the state’s economy from $4.4 billion to $30 billion and position it as the premier destination for investment, business, tourism and living without security, hence his decision to invest huge resources and political will in fighting the scourge of insecurity from the outset.
He maintained that with the enormity of security infrastructure, such as the Command and Control Centre, establishment of Distress Response Squad special police unit with over 150 security vehicles, installation of AI-enabled cameras across the state for surveillance, and other resources put in place, Enugu had acquired the capacity to not only prevent crimes, but also to solve them when they occur.
“Enugu is the most secure city in the country, unarguably, save for people, who like to magnify things, and who believe that the security we enjoy in Enugu is disturbing them.
“So, they like to sometimes conjure things to somehow entertain their views or opinions. What they do is to post or peddle falsehood on social media by going back to things that happened years ago to make them appear as if they are just happening. Also, things that happened elsewhere, they make it appear as if they are happening in Enugu.
“I have seen some images and videos recently of things that never happened here, but made to look as it they happened here in Enugu State.
“Therefore, if we discount those false narratives, those fake narratives that we hear from social media, Enugu as I mentioned, unarguably is the safest city in this country.
“But we are not going to rest on our oars. We have to see that our security agents are alive to their responsibilities, to their duties.
“We do not have any tolerance for insecurity, for crime in Enugu State. We are going to continue to work with the security agencies to ensure that we sustain this security