From Isaac Ojo Awka
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam(CP) has appealed to tricycle operators in Awka North and South LGA to expose the bad elements around them.
CP Obono-Itam made the appeal during a stakeholders meeting with the leader of Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Awka South LGA Chapter.
The CP expressed worry that some keke riders in the area are joining forces with the men of the underworld to perpetrate all manners evils in the state.
CP Obono-Itam who was represented at the meeting by the Assistant Commisioner of Police (ACP) in Charge of Operations at the Police Headquarters, Odumu Williams(ACP) enlightened the participants on how they could operate without any hitch.
He noted that there is no perfect society even in the developed countries appealed to the tricycle operators in Awka South and environs to always see police officers as partners in progress.
The CP assured the tricycle operators that the officers are always there to help them as they go about their legitimate businesses.
“I have arrested and detained so many police officers under my command because of the shoddy ways the handle civilians, especially the keke riders. I will not allow any of my officers to maltreat a civilian under my watch,” the CP warned.
He told the keke operators not to hesitate to report any form of challenge they are having with the security agents in the state while on the road to their leaders who will inturn bring such to his attention.
The police boss noted that in civilized societies that the issue of security lies in the hands of the people, urged Ndi-Anambra to always remain security conscious by exposing the unscrupulous elements living around them.
The Secretary General of Anambra State Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, Rev’d Elvis Okolie, informed the CP of the incessant extortions being meted out to their members in Awka metropolis and environs by security agents.
Rev’d Elvis appealed to the CP to use his good office to tackle the menace.
