Rivers LGA Stakeholders Endorse Community Policing

Stakeholders In Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, have endorsed the proposed community policing programme of the Federal Government.
The stakeholders which comprised traditional rulers, community heads and security agencies also appealed for the dualisation of the Ahoada, Omoku, Okwuzi roads.
The meeting presided over by the Oba of Ogbaland, Eze Ogba Chukwumelam Nnam Obi II said the local government area would work with relevant authorities to ensure the success of the government community policing programme.
He said the community policing programme of the government was timely in view of the security challenges in the country.
Nnam Obi urged the people of the area to support the security agencies including the ONELGA Security and Peace Advisory Committee (OSPAC) to keep miscreants away from the area.
The monarch stressed the need for the security agencies to fishout all kidnappers in the area, adding that there is no reason why OSPAC and the police cannot check the activities of kidnappers in the area.
He also urged for the dualisation of the Ahoada Omoku- Okwuzi road, stressing that even with the presence of multinational companies, the area has remain undeveloped, arguing that time had come for both the federal and state governments to improve infrastructural facilities in the area.
Also speaking , the Eze Egi Professor Anele Uzondu Wokoma said the traditional rulers would work with relevant authorities to ensure a lasting peace in ONELGA.
Eze Wokoma also called on the chairman of Ogba Egbema/Ndoni Local Government to improve its support to the security agencies to check reoccurrence of all incidences of killings in the areas.
The meeting was also attended by the Nze Obi of Egbema Evarestus Amuda and other recognized traditional rulers.