…gives cash gift to families of slain officers
Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has donated 13 operational vehicles to the state police command to help them recover from the losses incurred during the attacks on their facilities by hoodlums during the EndSARS protests in the state.
The governor, on Thursday, also gave two million naira each to the next of kin of slain police officers who lost their lives in the incident, while those who sustained injuries received N250,000 each, in addition to a promise to foot their medical bills.
Going further, Obiano also announced cash donations of one million naira each to the 11 Divisional Police Officers and their men, one million naira to the Special Anti-Cult Unit (SPACS) and two million naira each to Police Mobile bases in Awka and Onitsha.
The Onitsha Area Command got N500,000, while the Command Situation Office got N1 million.
He explained that the donations were to convey the appreciation of the government to the Anambra Police Command for its role in protecting public property and to commiserate with the families of those police officers who were killed during the protests.
The governor added that the 13 vehicles of the Rapid Response Squad was to boost the logistics of the police and to enable it to flush out criminals living in uncompleted buildings and warned that they should not be used for social events such as weddings.
“These are the major hideouts of the hoodlums from where they unleash their evil machinations, the vehicles should not be converted for social use such as weddings or escorting VIPs,” he said.
Responding, the commissioner of Police in the state, John Abang, thanked the governor and appealed for assistance in the rebuilding and renovation of police stations and barracks in the state.
Abang also informed the governor that the command is ready to “reclaim the security space’’ in the state.
(NAN)