![]() ![]() “All traditional rulers, PGs, community leaders as well as every stakeholder in Anambra to rise to protect our State. “I call on all youths in Anambra State, all communities, all market task forces and indeed every outfit in this State to duty. “I have therefore directed all security agencies in the State, the Vigilante Services, all task forces and every structure in the State security infrastructure to rise in defence of our dear state. “We have received massive Police, Army, Navy and DSS deployment since yesterday and they have joined their teams on ground to enforce security. “Those who attack us are obviously intent on distorting the peace and security we have enjoyed in Anambra State in the past seven years and we will not allow that. “Let me emphatically state that any attacks on security personnel in Anambra is a direct attack on the State itself and will be resisted with our greatest might. “The State Security Council has met twice and I summoned another emergency meeting this afternoon hence my address. “Since these attacks commenced, I have personally coordinated security Commanders in the State with a joint effort to halt this mayhem and by God’s, we will surely succeed. Gov Obiano during the briefing categorically condemned these attacks stressed that the state would do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice. In the planned attacks, Police Officers and Navy personnel on official duties at strategic checkpoints in various locations in the State were sporadically attacked, killed and their firearms taken away.Īlso, prison and police personnel conveying an inmate to court were equally attacked and killed.Įqually, a Police outpost was attacked unsuccessfully as joint Police, vigilante and Community efforts repelled the attackers. This was coming as some armed hoodlums launched planned attacks on Security personnel and facilities in the State, last week. The Governor disclosed this while briefing newsmen, to update the security situation in the state, at the Governor’s Lodge, Onitsha. Gov Obiano noted that Security agencies would be conducting special and strategic operations aimed at neutralising the emerging threats to our collective safety. ![]()
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