Calabar Carnival: AIG orders Deployment of More Policemen

By Nelson Utip

Jonathan Towuru The AIG of Zone 6 of The Command in Calabar, has directed Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, Augustine Grimah, to detail more men to provide enough security for participants and guests before, during and after the annual one-month Calabar Carnival as well as for the Christmas celebrations.

Towuru disclosed this when he hosted The Executive Secretary, Cross River State Carnival Commission, Hon. Austin Cobham, and his team in his office recently.

Increase in crime such as armed robbery and kidnapping has been observed in Calabar Metropolis and it’s environs in recent times.

In a Release by the zonal PRO, SP Nelson Okpabi, he called on residents of the state to be security conscious during this celebrations period.
“I want to urge the good people of the Zone six who reside in the state to be security conscious.

“I appeal for your cooperation with the police. And please I want to encourage you to be bold by promptly reporting suspicious characters within your community to enable the police disrupt and apprehend the criminals.

“Let me inform that I have directed the Command Commissioner of Police to ensure proper deployment of personnel and resources during the yuletide season for effective policing”, the AIG said.

In his speech on the occasion, The Executive Secretary of the Carnival Commission thanked the AIG for his supervisory role on the Command which, he said has brought relative peace to the State, adding that their visit was to reinforce the existing partnership for a hitch free 2023 carnival, using the occasion to invite The AIG to the carnival after thanking him for the good job of securing the state.