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The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu has inaugurated the Abia State Crime prevention and Management System (CPAMS) and the Abia State Ministry of Homeland Security Watch.
Performing the ceremony at the Michael Okpara Auditorium Umuahia, the Inspector General of Police lauded the Abia State Government led by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for taking the step forward by establishing the Abia State Ministry of Homeland security and the CPAMS aimed at bridging the gap in providing adequate security in all nooks and crannies of the Abia state.
Mr Muhammed Adamu who also described the role of the newly trained officers of the Ministry of Homeland Security as strategic due to their proximity to the grassroot, charged them to always collaborate with men of the Nigerian police by identifying and reporting suspected criminals within their localities.
He urged them to see their positions as one that calls for Service to the fatherland and avoid the temptation of using their positions as a tool to molest the less privileged in their midst, assuring that they will be exposed to further training and retraining as to fill in the gap in securing lives and properties.
Inhis remarks, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu said that the Ministry of Homeland Security was established by his administration to complement security of various security agencies in the state.
Governor Ikpeazu said that the Abia State Crime prevention and Management System CPAMS is a security intervention platform created by his administration to complement the security architecture already on ground.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says he looks forward to seeing the Inspector General of Police domesticate the CPAMS model across the 36 the federation to support effectiveness and proactiveness of the entire security system of the Country.
The Governor said that all the police formations across state have been provided with the necessary ICT facilities including 24hours-Solar power system for the effective functioning of the CPAMS.
Governor Ikpeazu had earlier handed over ten brand new Police Vans to the Abia State Command of the Nigerian police and five patrol Vans to the Nigerian Military, Abia State Command for effective security of the state.
The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu later commissioned the new Zone 9 Headquarters Completed by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu along the Abia State House of Assembly Road, Umuahia while the Deputy Governor Sir Ude Okochukwu, DIG Celestine Okoye, The AIG Zone 9, the state Commissioner of police Janet Agbede among other dignitaries were present during the events.
