…Assures New CP of support

By Egufe Yafuborghi & Chioma Onuegbu

GOVERNOR Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has explained that his administration is enhancing community policing through the state’s security outfit known as Ibom Community Watch, ICW.

Eno, who spoke when the new Commissioner of Police posted to the State, Baba Mohammed Azare, paid him a courtesy visit to his office in Uyo yesterday, noted that government intends to ensure that each village has at least one member of ICW to serve help in monitoring activities of vandals.

He worried that it costs government a lot of money to replace vandalised  public facilities especially Electricity Transformers, as well as hinders development at the grassroot level.

“For community policing, you are aware of the Ibom Community Watch. We are raising them to enhance community policing and we trust that they will continue to do the work by giving you adequate information.

“Currently, we are trying to ensure that there is at least one in every village so that they can help, particularly, to monitor government facilities in those villages,” Eno said.

The governor who expressed the opinion that CP Azare would have adequate knowledge of the State’s terrain and security situation having served previously in the State as a Deputy Commissioner, Operations.

He congratulated Azare on his promotion and posting to the State saying, “I am ready to work with you, this we have always done even in your days as Deputy Commissioner, Operations.

“So we look forward to that continuous and symbiotic relationship with the leadership of the Nigeria Police as we continue to serve the Akwa Ibom people”

Speaking earlier, CP Azare appreciated the Governor for his support and cooperation with  security agencies in the State, assuring of his commitment to collaborating with other security agencies to sustain the existing peace and security in the State.