Alfred Mboto (fourth from left) and other Special Security advisers to Governor Ben Ayade
By Akpan David, Calabar
Dr Alfred Mboto, permanent secretary State Security Services in the Cross River State government has said that the state, particularly Calabar, the capital, was crime free because of the determination of the newly launched Operation Apakwu to clean the state of criminal elements.
He said quite a number of criminals were arrested during the season and handed over to the police.
Mboto declared that the launch of Operation Akpakwu has dealt a heavy blow on kidnappers, robbers and cultists and many have been chased out from the state.
“Cross River is currently no go area for criminals and criminal minded persons because the presence of Operation Akpakwu has made the state too hot for them to operate”
He said Operation Akpakwu is fully equipped with communication gadgets, weapons,
He said the security outfit is well equipped with operational vehicles and well trained personnel.
He also disclosed that the state governor Senator Ben Ayade has appointed Security Advisers for the northern, central and southern parts of the state and all security apparatuses in those three zones were deployed to Calabar during the yuletide period and that helped to make sure every part of Calabar was covered by security operatives”.
He warned criminals who plan to return or launch operations from outside the state to be ready to meet superior fire power from Operation Akpakwu if they made such efforts.
” We are not relenting and anyone who comes close to the state would be smoked out by our superior fire force as we are ready for them”
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