Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on Monday met with heads of security agencies in the state to deliberate ways to strengthen the state’s security architecture and ensure that those behind the recent armed robbery and killings in Uromi in Esan North-East LGA are arrested and prosecuted.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, after the closed-door meeting with the security heads, said the state is developing and accelerating strategies as well as deploying technologies to make Edo uninhabitable for criminals.
Shaibu maintained that the synergy between security agencies, youths and the vigilante network in the state is commendable as it has led to the recovery of some items.
“We applaud this cooperation and urge the people of Edo State to remain calm as we have upgraded our security architecture,” he stated.
Continuing, he said, “I want to let our people know that we have beefed up security in the state and urge everyone to go about their normal businesses in Edo State. These criminals have no hiding place; we would make the state hot for them.
“We cannot reveal all information available to us now because the investigation is ongoing. Security is our collective responsibility and the Ubiaja incident should be our watchword as the cooperation led to some recoveries in that robbery attack.”
On his part, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Miller Dantawaye, said mechanisms have been put in place to arrest the perpetrators of the attack and also ensure such incidents do not reoccur in the state.
“This type of incident will not happen again in Edo State. Some recoveries have already been made and investigations are ongoing. These will lead us to a level where all the perpetrators will be arrested and ensure it doesn’t happen again in Edo.”
