THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE CONTINUED TO GO CONTRARY TO ABIA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW – HON. KALU MBA NWOKE

Abia State government has decried the attitude of some Police Officers attached to Central Police Station, Umuahia who arrest defaulters during Sanitation Exercise and detain them.

The State Government lamented, despite several appeals for the officers to hand those arrested over to the Mobile Court at State High Court for trial, this attitude has continued.

Addressing newsmen on Saturday 28th June after the Monthly Sanitation Exercise, the member representing Ohafia South State Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. kalu Mba Nwoke, the House Committee Chairman on Environment, said this action by the officers can be viewed as sabotage.

According to Hon. Mba despite appeals in the past, the Officers have continued to go contrary to Abia Environmental law, saying there is a Mobile Court where defaulters during the Exercise should be tried.

He said,
“Today there is some level of compliance except those going for Polio Immunization and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam Mop-up organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Another problem witnessed during the exercise, is the attitude of Police Officers attached to the CPS at Bende road who arrest defaulters and instead of transferring them to the Mobile Court, detain them. This action is very wrong and against the Abia Environment Sanitation Law”.

Hon. Mba Nwoke appealed to the Commissioner of Police Abia State Command, CP Danladi Isa, to address the situation by cautioning his men, stressing that the people involved are also the same set of Officers who have been linked to this practice right from the onset.