Sit-at-home order: CP vows to resist attempt to truncate peace in Imo

Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has reassured residents of the state of their continued safety, saying that the Command, in synergy with other security agencies, is poised to vehemently resist any attempt capable of truncating the existing peace in the state.

CP Danjuma gave the assurance while reacting to the order issued by the safe-acclaimed Biafra leader, Simon Ekpa, for a five-day sit-at-home across the South East states beginning from July 29 to August 2.

The Imo Police boss insisted that the Command, under his watch, would remain committed to ensuring that adequate security of life and property of citizens in the state is guaranteed.

He disclosed that the Command, in synergy with security agencies, has deployed water-tight security across the state to forestall any breakdown of law and order, and to encourage residents to go about their lawful businesses without any fear of harm or molestation within the period and beyond.

Responding to the proposed 10-day anti President Bola Tinubu government nationwide protest, Danjuma stated that although citizens have the right to protest, such must comply with security rules of being peaceful or without the use of violence.

He also advised parents and other stakeholders, especially the community leaders in the state to help in educating their children, wards and subjects about the consequences of engaging in violent demonstration, insisting that security and the overall development of the state and nation is a collective responsibility.

He further warned hoodlums who intend to exploit the protest for their criminal gains or agenda to stay off Imo State, adding that harming innocent citizens, destruction or looting of public and private property and businesses would never be condoned. He warned that anyone caught in such an act would be severely dealt with according to the law.

statement signed by the Command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, regarding the readiness of the security agencies to guarantee adequate security within the period of the sit-at-home order and the proposed nationwide protest partly reads, “Security operatives, drawn from the police, armed forces and other security agencies, have been strategically deployed and tasked to carry out a 15-day show of force and confidence-building patrol across the 27 local councils of the state to ensure public safety, while deterring miscreants from causing any break down of law and order.

Detectives of the State Intelligence Department have also been deployed on covert intelligence gathering to monitor threats surrounding the planned mass demonstration.”