ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: CP ORUTUGU ENGAGES MORE SECURITY STAKEHOLDERS IN ELECTION PEACE-BUILDING ADVOCACY: PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO HRM IGWE UZO ALEXANDER ONYIDO OF OGIDI AND ADDRESSES OFFICERS AND MEN OF OGIDI AREA COMMAND

The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc minps PhD, has continued his election peace-building advocacy tour. On twenty fifth October 2025, he was on the Ogidi Area Command and paid a courtesy go to to His Royal Majesty, Igwe Uzo Alexander Onyido (Ezechuamagha of Ogidi Kingdom).

During the Palace engagement, the CP acknowledged the function of conventional establishments in sustaining peace and ethical management inside communities. He famous that conventional rulers stay important companions in stopping violence, discouraging youth involvement in political thuggery and selling communal concord throughout election durations.

The CP appealed to the Palace and group management to proceed mobilizing residents in direction of peaceable participation, whereas encouraging group members to report suspicious actions or actions able to threatening safety earlier than, throughout, and after the election.

In his response, His Royal Majesty, Igwe Onyido, recommended the Commissioner of Police for his proactive engagements and warranted him of the Palace’s full cooperation in selling peace and group consciousness. The Igwe additional known as on youths, political actors, and curiosity {groups} in Ogidi and environs to keep away from acts able to undermining the peace of the group.

Similarly, the CP after a closed-door assembly with Divisional Police Officers within the space, addressed officers and males of the Ogidi Area Command Headquarters, the place he reiterated that the Nigeria Police Force stays skilled and non-partisan. He burdened that the accountability of the Police is to safe the electoral area and safeguard the rights of all residents and to not affect electoral outcomes. He additional famous that safety businesses within the State are working in synergy to make sure a peaceable pre-election surroundings, a secure voting environment, and a secure post-election consequence.

Furthermore, throughout an interactive session with safety stakeholders on the Area Command together with the Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area, Hon. Chief Stanley Nkwoka, Vigilante Operatives, members of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Presidents General of Communities and different group leaders/stakeholders recommended the Command for its steady engagement and pledged their help for a peaceable and credible election. They additionally assured the Command of enhanced intelligence sharing and coordinated community-based safety efforts.

To this finish, the Commissioner of Police reassures Ndi Anambra that enough deployments, surveillance operations, and speedy response items have already been activated to keep up Law and Order throughout all Local Government Areas within the State because the election attracts nearer. He urged the general public to stay law-abiding and reject any calls to violence or dysfunction, stressing that the peace and stability of Anambra State stays a collective accountability.

SP Tochukwu Ikenga
Police Public Relations Officer
Anambra State Police Command, Awka