The executive Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday, has urged operatives of the state police command to defend themselves against the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
The governor spoke at the command headquarters when the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, paid a visit to the state in order to assess the level of damage done on the police facility by unknown gunmen on Monday.
Uzodinma, who admonished the security operatives to be vigilant, urged police officers to defend themselves with their service rifles.
The governor said, “If you can’t attack them, you can at least use your rifles to defend yourselves. Any attack on police formation is an insult to us as a government. It is also an attack on the integrity of the government. We must take charge, take control and ensure discipline.”