Chief Obiano Boosts Operation Kpochapu

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Boost for Operation Kpochapu - Anambra Refurbishes APC
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….with Three Armored Personnel Carriers?

As part of measures to strengthen and sustain the security of lives and property across Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano today presented three refurbished Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Anambra State Police Command in a gesture seen as a major boost to Operation Kpochapu, the combined security operatives which spear-heads security initiatives in major parts of the state. Making the presentation at the Governor?s lodge Amawbia, Governor Willie Obiano announced that the state?s target is to refurbish and present 20 APCs to the Police which would be deployed to various parts of the state.

Obiano said that two more APCs would be handed over to the Police Command in two weeks? time while ten horses would be provided to aid crowd control during major events. According to Governor Obiano, ?the APCs are expected to equip the Police to adequately battle kidnappers, armed robbers and criminals who threaten the peace in Anambra State.? The Governor enjoined the Police to make effective use and maintain the APCs whilst ensuring that the safety of Ndi Anambra.
The out-going Commissioner of Police Anambra State, AIG Usman Gwari thanked Governor Obiano for his zeal and commitment to peace and security in Anambra and efforts geared at ridding the state of all forms of criminality. AIG Gwary recalled that the APCs were wasting away over the years until Governor Obiano?s intervention to have them refurbished and air-conditioned for effective performance and assured that the carriers would be effectively used for crime fighting.
Mr Gwari attributed the achievements recorded by the state Police Command during his tenure to the good working relations between the Police and the state Government, stressing that the encouragement and various interventions on security by Governor Obiano is evident in the peace existing in Anambra and enjoined his successor to sustain the trend.
Reacting to the development, Anambra State House of Assembly Chairman on Security, Mr Victor Okoye praised the fore-sight and security initiatives of the Governor and observed that equipping the Police and building their capacity to enable them discharge their functions effectively.

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