Edo Govt donates vehicles to Police

Governor Adams Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Wednesday presented some operational vehicles to the Edo State Police Command to boost their operations and logistics in tackling crime, particularly this yuletide.

The Governor while presenting the nine Hilux vans, which brings to over 120 the number of vehicles presented to the Police by his administration, eulogized the efforts of the Command in bringing the level of criminal activities in the state to its minimum level and assured them of his continuous support.

Oshiomhole said, “On behalf of the government and indeed, Edo tax payers, we will like to present these 9 operational vehicles which are purpose-built to help complement the efforts of the Federal Government in providing security to our great country.

“We appreciate the security challenges across the country right now and we do recognize that no particular arm of government or level of Government can be saddled completely with the responsibility of policing our country which is why Edo State government has raised funds to procure these vehicles.

“This obviously is a far cry from what you need, given the size of this state, our land mass, the number of local governments and even the sheer number of DPOs, these numbers is certainly not enough.

“But as we have often done in the past, we would, with time, procure more even as things are tough because we recognize that nothing else will matter to our people if they don’t feel safe. Even the poor man who is hungry wants to feel safe and with the events in parts of the country, nobody needs to sermonize anymore about the need for we all to join forces with the security agencies and complement the efforts of the police.

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“Let me say that what has also inspired me even at this time to look for money when even payment of salary is tough in other parts of the country is that we are very encouraged that even with the absence of the necessary wherewithal to fight crime and criminals, you have through sheer determination provided inspiring leadership to your officers and men and we can see the number of criminals that have been put out of business over the past months since your assumption of duty.