Police recover mortar bombs from secessionists’ camps in Cross River
[From ANIEKAN ANIEKAN, Calabar]
Cross River State Police Command has announced the recovery of an active mortar bomb from camps belonging to secessionists in the state.
Police Commissioner disclosed this in his speech during the familiarization tour of the command by the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba.
The camps allegedly belong to the IPOB/ESN in Nigeria, as well as, the Ambazonian rebels in Cameroon.
The CP said IPOB/ESN, as well as, the Ambazonian rebels attempted to squeeze citizens of the state into a secessionist.
In his words, “The attempted marriage of unity of purpose between IPOB/ESN and the Ambazonian rebels of the republic of Cameroon attempted to squeeze the law abiding citizens of Cross River State into a secessionist theatre.
“But with the timely intelligence on camps established by this secessionist movement enabled us to measures to thwart the operations of these camps, lulling their activities.
“Recent raids into some of the camps yielded the recovery of active mortar bomb which may interest the IGP to inspect”, the police commissioner said.
The police commissioner said the state police command has composite and varying terrain and topography.
The environment presented by the three geopolitical terrains of the state, the commissioner said has consequences on law and order management.
He listed about six challenges plaguing the state command which needs the urgent intervention of the inspector general of police.
These he said include communications, vehicular logistics, manpower, accommodation, the command headquarters as well as agitation on police pension.
In his reaction, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, assured the police commissioner that all his demands will be addressed.
He said crime is dynamic, changes with the times and police officers should also act with dynamism to fight crime.
He donated ten vehicles to the State Police Command to help fight crime and also commended the State Police Commissioner for his passion for the job as well as his dynamism.
