The Anambra State Police Command has ordered immediate enforcement of the ban on touting and activities of illegal revenue collectors in the state as directed by the State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
During his Swearing-in last week, Soludo announced that the state will be rid of touts while announcing an end to all forms of revenue collection until the process is sanitised in the interest of the state.
In line with the new directive by the Governor, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng has given “marching orders to the Heads of Tactical Units, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Departments across the Command to strictly enforce the pronouncement by state government’s ban on touting and self-acclaimed revenue collectors in the state.”
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, in a statement on Sunday, said that the CP gave the order, and enjoined the officers to “ensure full compliance with the order especially at motor parks and other designated places within the state.
“The CP also warns all unscrupulous elements that engage in touting and other unlawful acts to desist forthwith as the Police and other security agents have been deployed around the State to arrest and bring to justice any one caught flouting this order.
“The CP, while reaffirming the commitment of the Command towards crime prevention, restoration of law and order, enjoins Anambra citizens and residents to be vigilant and security conscious at all times and to report all suspicious movements to the Police or, in case of any emergencies to call 112 or 07039194332 for immediate response,” Ikenga said.