By EMMA OBI, Calabar –
Cross River Police Commissioner, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh has called on officers and men of the command to desist from any act that will be inimical to the image of the force in the state.
In an inaugural speech with officers and men of the command in Calabar on Monday, CP Jimoh said his goal anywhere he goes has always been to maintain the integrity of the police force.
“I will not allow anybody to soil my name, so I am appealing to all officers and men to leave above board. This is a new dawn, the era of extortion, the era of arbitrarily arrest and unlawful detention is over, I will not tolerate it.
“I believe in accountability, officers and men are going to be accountable for every action they take, I believe in honesty, you must be honest with the people of Cross River State, you must be honest with your colleagues and you must be honest with the Commissioner of Police” CP Jimoh stated.
The CP called on officers and men “not to make life difficult for the people, Should we make life difficult for them, God will not forgive us. Our service delivery must change.
He promised to leave by example and and urged the officers and men to follow suit and not to make life difficult for law abiding citizens so that businesses in the state will thrive.
“For instance, if container is coming from Aba to Calabar and you have about 100 road blocks, when are they going to get here, I want the entire tactical commander and everybody to get this warning message that I want development in Cross River State.
“I want business to grow in Cross River State, I want Cross River State IGR to increase, that is why I am going to key into Federal Government way of doing business and by making sure that there is no bottle neck created by the Police on the road”.
He warned criminals in the state to know that Cross River State is going to witness a new dawn, “I am using this opportunity to appeal to all those who have criminal intent or who are engage in criminal activities to abundance this heinous way of lives or relocate to another state.
“I am appealing to the good people of the state to ensure that they partner with the Police, partner with all agencies of government to see that we wage war against crime and criminality”.
He disclosed that he will soon launch an operation which is not totally different from what the IGP’s Puff Adder”, noting that his operation nick named ‘murky water’ will make sure that the state will be unsafe for criminals,
The CP promised to make effective use of intelligence “because this is an era of crime dynamics, the crime rate is not static, crime is moving, this is the age of technology, so we have to match intelligence with criminality and that is the only way we can win the war”.
“So I am going to engage all the tactical team in the intelligence unit, the intelligence response team, special task squad and other intelligence component of fight crime and criminality in the state” he assured.