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Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon Francis Nwifuru has clarified that the Executive Order he signed which banned the use of tinted glasses and unregistered cars in the state was as a result of the rising spate of insecurity in the state.
Nwifuru, who spoke during a special Church Service held at the New Government House Chapel, centenary city, Abakaliki on Sunday.
This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s chief press secretary, Monday Uzor.
The governor recalled with sadness the killing of four police officers in the state last week Friday, while on duty along Hilltop Road, Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state.
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The assailants, the governor revealed, came on tinted glass and unregistered vehicles.
According to the governor, it is needless for public officers to mask themselves in tinted vehicles after being elected by the people.
“I wonder why after asking people to vote me, and I will turn out to be hiding myself. I remember when I was a speaker, I directed my drivers to remove all the tinted glasses because I didn’t see why I should be hiding.
“Because of insecurity, people lost hope from going to farm. Security should be everyone’s business. As government officials, we must do something.We have all the intelligence about the activities of these hoodlums. And very soon, they will face the music,” the Governor said.
In another report, the Enugu State Police Command has revealed that it has arrested no fewer than 83 criminal suspects and rescued 20 kidnapped victims within the state from January 1, 2024, till date.
Among the other crimes perpetrated in the state during the study period were kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, defilement, and vandalism, for which the suspects were taken into custody.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, made this disclosure on Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the successes of the Command since the beginning of the year.
Uzuegbu noted that 46 firearms of different calibers were recovered as well as 125 ammunition of different calibres were recovered within the period under review.
