TheHILL | METRO | JULY 26, 2021
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Akwa Ibom State Branch, has beseeched the State’s Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, to provide patrol vehicles and other logistical supports to the state police command.
This, according to the organisation, would boost the efficiency of the police to combat the recent upsurge of armed robbery, cultism and other criminal activities in the state.
In a Press Release, dated Monday, 26th July, 2021, and endorsed by Otuekong Franklyn Isong and Comrade (Barr.) Christopher Ekpo, Chairman and Secretary respectively, CLO noted that residents of Akwa Ibom no longer sleep with their eyes closed because of the high rate of crime.
According to the release, the organisation is alarmed at the sudden disappearance of police patrol vehicles in the state.
The CLO, however, commended the state Governor, for prior interventions to enhance the efficiency of the police in the state in the face of dwindling funding by the Federal Government.
However, TheHILL recalls that the governor of the oil rich State, Mr. Emmanuel, had last year December donated a total of 30 new utility vehicles to the security agencies in Akwa Ibom.
The vehicles were said to be the first batch of 100 patrol trucks earmarked for presentation to the security agencies.
