The Anambra State Police Command is to set up a Special Anti-kidnapping Squad to combat kidnapping and other related crimes in the state.?
The state's Commissioner of Police, Mr Isa Nasarawa, made the announcement in Awka on Monday when elders of the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State led by the Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Information, Hon. Paulinus Onyeka, paid him a courtesy visit.
The commissioner said the proposal to set up the squad had been sent to the Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi.
He also announced that the inspector general of police had established a school for the training of intelligence officers in the police force, who would be posted to different locations to monitor and report criminal activities.
Nasarawa said that the success recorded in recovering illegal armoury at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area and Uli in Ihiala Local Government Area were based on information supplied to the police.
He pleaded with Nigerians to always supply information that could lead to arrest of criminals and forestalling of crime in the state.
The commissioner said that? the command was still receiving information and would continue to arrest and prosecute criminals in the state, adding: “we shall do all it takes to rid the state of criminals.''
He expressed gratitude to the people of Ekwusigo Local Government Area for their decision to support the police in Oraifite and Uli in recovering arms.
Onyeka commended the command for its efforts in fighting crime in the state.
He appealed to the police to introduce an intelligence unit in the force to be posted to markets and other areas to monitor and report crimes.
The lawmaker advised other police commands to emulate the good job done by the Anambra State Police Command.???
In the delegation were the President General of the Oraifite Development Union, Sir Raph Nwike, Chief Linus Obumneme, Chief Duru Uchenna, Hon. Leonard Anigbogu, Acting Secretary of the Ozubulu Development Union, who stood in for Chief Norbert Anigbogu.