2024 Imoka festival: CP Itam warns criminal elements in guise of celebration, reiterates command commitment to ensure public safety, orders 

Stanley Ihedigbo

Following the information received overtime on how miscreants under the guise of celebration of the Imoka Awka festival become unruly and make life unbearable for the good people of the State especially residents and indigenes of Awka, the Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has reiterated the Command commitment in enforcing the law and ensuring public safety.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the CP stated this when he, invited some Organizers of the cultural festival comprising the Speaker of Eze Ezu Awka Community, the Palace Secretary of Eze Ezu, the Youth leader, and other stakeholders in Awka in his office at Anambra State Police Command, Awka, and warned criminal elements whose intentions are to hide under this guise to commit a crime to desist forthwith.

The CP was concerned that the festival of such magnitude that is ongoing,  the community has not formally informed the Command but he urged them to work with the Police to make sure the celebration goes hitch-free.

He encourages residents alike especially the Awka indigenes to be law-abiding, vigilant, and security-conscious at all times.

Given the above, the CP directed  the deployment of Officers to intensify confidence-building and crime prevention patrols in some identified areas in Awka.

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