Photo Governor Alex Otti (8th from left) and Deputy Governor, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, with the security chiefs and other senior government officials in a group photograph after the meeting.
Security chiefs take steps to ensure crime-free yuletide.
…as Otti chairs 3rd General Security Council meeting
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
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Governor Alex Otti (8th from left) and Deputy Governor, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, with the security chiefs and other senior government officials in a group photograph after the meeting.
The Abia State General Security Council has started taking proactive steps to ensure that the 2023 yuletide is peaceful across the state.
This is why the Council did a critical review of the security situation in the state during third General Security Council meeting chaired by the State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, last Friday.
The meeting had in attendance heads of all the Federal Government security agencies in the State, including the Army, Navy, Police and Department of State Security (DSS).
Also in attendance were heads of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Immigrations and Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC).
Others at the meeting were senior government functionaries led by the Deputy Governor, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu. They include the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Kenneth Kalu; the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. Caleb Ajagba; the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna; Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Navy Commander Macdonald Uba (rtd.); and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Homeland Security, Mr. Chukwunenye Alajemba.
Equally in attendance was the Chairman of Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Linus Nto.
The meeting, according to the SA to the Governor on Security, reviewed the security situation in the state, especially with the approaching yuletide season.
