Otti asks for more Navy personnel for Abia

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has made a plea to the Naval authorities to provide additional personnel to the state in order to improve security. 

Otti stated that security is a top priority for his administration and that it will be sustained. 

On Thursday, he received a delegation from the Flag Officer Commanding, Naval Training Command, Lagos, Rear Admiral Ignatius Albara, who was visiting the state as part of a familiarization tour of the Nigeria Navy College of Accounting and Finance, Owerrinta.
Otti emphasised that security is critical to the government because without it, all of its initiatives will be in vain.

He says that all of the state’s security agencies have been working nonstop over the past ten months to guarantee that the state is adequately secured.

The governor revealed that Operation Crush, an inter-agency team his government established with the goal of guaranteeing maximum security in the state, has proven effective.

He said, “Here, we take security seriously. In fact, it is the number one item on our agenda, simply because all the initiatives we have will come to nothing if security fails.

“We’ve been working in close partnership with the college and Eyitayo (O.E Eyitayo, Commandant, Nigeria Navy College of Accounting and Finance) is part of our government, virtually everything we do in terms of security, he is involved.“In the last 10 months, the police, the Army, the DSS, the civil defence, and the NDLEA, collectively, we have all been working together to ensure that this place is crime-free.

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“We set up an interagency operation called “Operation Crush,” and we have men drawn from different security agencies who are dedicated 24/7 to ensuring maximum security.”

Otti stated, the state government is working in close partnership with the college and used the forum to appreciate the college’s commandant for his commitment, while pleading with the Flag Officer for assistance in the form of additional personnel for the state to strengthen security.

Prior to this, the Flag Officer Commanding of the Naval Training Command, Albara, stated that he had taken up his duties a few weeks prior and was in the state on a familiarization tour to the Nigerian Navy College of Accounting and Finance, Owerrinta.

“It is customary that when one takes over office, you familiarise yourself with what is happening at the professional schools and to evaluate and see the challenges they have. It is on that note that we are here today to visit the College of Finance. We thought it necessary since the college is here in Abia under you,” he explained.

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