By NewsBits
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested 92 suspects in different parts of the state for various offences including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and cultism.
The exhibits recovered from the suspects included: four AK-47 rifles, 66 firearms of different calibres, 333 live ammunition of different calibres, 25 vehicles and other incriminating items.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kanayo Uzuegbu, in a press briefing in Enugu on Tuesday attributed the success recorded within one month of his assumption of duty in Enugu, to application of the right policing strategies.
Uzuegbu said new strategies were devised to tackle existing and emerging security challenges in the state.
He said that these strategies were subsumed in his grassroots-driven, proactive, people-oriented, and problem-solving policing thrust, which is in line with the policing vision and mission of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun.
He said: “I have met and interacted with critical security stakeholders, including local government chairmen, traditional rulers, heads of other security agencies and many others, on the best ways to collectively tackle security challenges in the state.
“These engagements, I must tell you, have started paying off as we are making remarkable progress in tackling violent crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery and the criminal activities of subversive criminals. It is a known fact that it is humanly impossible to totally eliminate crimes in human society.
“However, I want to assure the good people of Enugu State and visitors that we remain committed to ensuring maximum security and tranquillity are maintained in the state. I want to state without ambiguity that negative insinuations on the security situations in Enugu State are false and unfounded. It amounts to making a mountain out of a molehill.
“I, therefore, make bold to say that the state remains peaceful and a safe haven for visitors and investors to come and meaningfully carry out their lawful businesses.”
Uzuegbu expressed gratitude to Gov. Peter Mbah, for the support and encouragement he had been giving the command since his assumption of duty about a month ago. He also said that the establishment of the Distress Response Squad (DRS) was one of the governor’s key operational supports to the police in the state
