Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Mr Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye, has charged officers to flush out criminals terrorising the state: “These criminals should start relocating from the state. The command will go all out after them.
“The era of killing policemen and burning police stations is gone. My mission is to fight crime and criminalities as well as secure lives and properties. We are going to imbibe community policing and officers will apply professionalism in discharging their duties. We need the assistance of the stakeholders and community leaders Igwe to flush out hoodlums from the environs.
“According to the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, we should uphold justice, fairness, protect human dignity and restore standard and values of the police force. He promised to improve the welfare of personnel.
“There will be proactivity rather than reacting to criminal activities. There will be robust and effective human and technical intelligence gathering process to enhance the capacity of personnel.
“The command arrested 18 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers. They were arrested from various scenes of crime. The suspects will soon be charged to court.”