SINCE soldiers took over security on the Delta State axis of the Warri-Sapele- Oghara-Benin and Warri-Eku-Abraka highways, and other strategic entry and exit points in the state, there has been some measure of sanity in the state.

Police detectives attached to the Zonal Criminal Investigations Department, ZCID, of the Zone 9 Headquarters, Umuahia, Abia State, are working round the clock to unravel the circumstances surrounding the attempted murder of Chief Emmanuel Onyeharam, Chairman of Old Mercedes Benz Spare Parts market, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of Anti-Pipeline Vandalization, Friday Toyin Ibadin, over the week, came out spitting fire. He disclosed that Police task force on anti-vandalism which he heads was all out to wield the big stick in tracking pipeline vandals all over the country vowing that ‘enough was enough’.

In June 2011, when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, at the Lagos State Police Command cracked a notorious robbery gang that specialized in breaking into Automated Teller Machines, ATM, across major banks in the state, they were elated, believing they have ended the reign of the gang.

When Mr. Baba Adisa Bolanta was posted to head Imo State Police Command a few weeks ago, some indigenes and residents, especially those who know his pedigree, leaped for joy. Apart from this, Bolanta had served as Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, in the state, a few years back.