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AK Police Declare Kidnappers as Prime
Enemies
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The Deputy Commissioner of
Police in the State, Mr. Nasir Oki, has adjudged Akwa Ibom
State as the most peaceful state in the Niger Delta and
Nigeria as a whole.
He stated this recently in Uyo while fielding questions from
newsmen during the 2010 Police Community Relations
Committee's week celebration in the state.
Mr. Oki said that contrary to the widespread impression that
kidnapping and other crimes were on the rise in the state,
and that the state government was been encompassed by the
situation as crime rate in the state, in his own assessment
has drastically reduced, compared to many months back. Hear
him: “I cannot see a situation whereby some body would be
working against his own progress the state government, I
believe, would not be working against his own progress. What
the state government wants is the security of lives and
property of his people, and that is when it can be able to
move forward. The government that wants to govern people
will not be the government that will continue to kidnap
people Oki argued, urging the people to discard such
insinuations.
Asked if the force itself was compromising with the
situation, he said “police do not cover criminals; we are
actually enemies. The battle line has been drawn; they are
our enemies because they are looking and hunting for the
lives of the policemen, and we are looking for them too. So,
there is no way that we can continue to compromise with
them; really we are sworn enemies. They are looking for us
to kill; we are looking for them to arrest and keep behind
bars, so that everybody in this state and other places could
be able to sleep well”.
He drew attention to the commitment of the state government
to ensuring a crime free society, adding that, this was
evidenced in the numerous assistance the government had
given to the police force in the state.
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