Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma has boosted the operations of the police with 32 vehicles and refurbished 11 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) for the command.
At a brief ceremony where he presented the vehicles to the police, Governor Uzodimma said the essence was to enable the operatives to “continue in their efforts towards the fight against crime and criminality and security of lives and property in the state.”
The governor said that making security equipment and facilities functional is vital in the operations of the police.
He said the government has assembled all abandoned police vehicles in the command that were littered all over the state and got them refurbished for further use by the police.
Uzodimma said it is his belief that the repaired APCs and other vehicles would be deployed to the field for operations as a way to support the police in their determined efforts to reduce crime and criminality to the barest minimum in the society.
Receiving the vehicles, the commissioner of police, Imo State Command, Aboki Danjuma, said the state government originally procured them under Governor Uzodimma who has again repaired them.
He acknowledged that they became dilapidated and damaged over time due to use, and Governor Uzodimma undertook to repair them so that they could be deployed in all areas of the state to protect lives and property and fight crime and criminality.
Danjuma affirmed that the vehicles will be deployed for the purposes they are meant for noting that “the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) will monitor their management and use, as the vehicles will definitely be used to ensure reduction in crime rate and criminality in Imo State.”
