Anambra solution will stop killer herdsmen in Igboland – AIG Karma

His posting to Zone 9 of the Nigeria Police comprising the four Igbo states of Enugu, Anambra, Imo and Abia, as  Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge, was widely hailed. This is because of his achievements as Commissioner of Police in Anambra before his elevation.  

As soon as he assumed duties, he embarked on innovations such that the Zone’s headquarters, today, is wearing a new look.  He has also started rejigging the security arrangement in the zone and he told that much to our Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie, in Umuahia, recently. 

Excerpts: How  would you describe the crime situation in the zone? Having been in the zone for a long time, as I have been the CP Anambra for one year, 9 months before assuming duty as the AIG in charge of the Zone, I will say the crime situation is still within acceptable range.  

The people of the Zone , even the hardly enlightened ones,  will shout and the whole world will hear about it once crime rate gets out of hand.  And you’ll notice VIPs coming into the Zone with a retinue of policemen; some may even go to the extent of getting military men as escorts. But people go about their lawful businesses with little or no security detail.   

Equally,  violent crimes, which used to be rampant in the South-East, are almost fast becoming a thing of the past.   I cannot remember when we witnessed bank robbery or kidnapping in and out. 

This is the evidence to show  that security situation here has improved.   I give kudos to the  governors, the commissioners of police and the police in the Zone. The IGP has not only decided to maintain the strategies of his predecessors, he has also moved a step forward particularly on the issue of presence of security men on our highways , visible policing , the introduction of Eminent People’s  Forum.




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