Dr Kenneth Ugbala, the commissioner-designate overseeing the new Ebonyi Ministry of Internal Security and Border Peace, has advised residents of the state to support the Nigerian Army\u2019s `Operation Python Dance III\u201d.
\nUgbala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that law abiding citizens have nothing to fear over the exercise targeted at flushing out criminals from the state.<\/p>\n

He noted that the exercise would guarantee peace and citizen\u2019s security, saying that the exercise previously conducted in the state, was hitch-free.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose to be agitated over the exercise are criminals because there is no hiding place for them in the state.
\n\u201cThe soldiers and other security agencies involved in the exercise are highly trained professionals who would not deviate from their mandate and delve into other issues.
\n\u201cThere is a natural disagreement between unscrupulous elements and security operatives, as such people should not view the exercise negatively,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He explained that the state governor\u2019s commitment to security of lives and property manifested in kick-starting the exercise in the state..
\n\u201cWe received a letter from the army that the operation python dance III exercise would be launched in Ebonyi and were not worried over it.
\n\u201cThis government would identify with any policy or activity that would ensure adequate protection of lives and property of its citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ugbala gave assurance that the exercise is not politically motivated to benefit the opposition party in the state which also controls the Federal Government.
\n\u201cThis administration has reiterated on several fora that it would support any action taken by the federal government to ensure peace and security of its citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state governor has always said that President Muhammadu Buhari is his only boss and the only person he would take instructions from.
\n\u201cThe government should sieve the truth from such negative information because when a man is weak, he would look for reasons to anchor his failure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The commissioner-designate restated the state government\u2019s resolve to monitor the movement of election materials during the elections so as to prevent malpractices.
\n\u201cAnybody who wants to bring politics into the operation python dance exercise no matter how highly placed, should answer for it, as we are not joining issues with any opposition party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Kenneth Ugbala, the commissioner-designate overseeing the new Ebonyi Ministry of Internal Security and Border Peace, has advised residents of the state to support the Nigerian Army\u2019s `Operation Python Dance III\u201d. Ugbala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that law abiding citizens have nothing to fear over the exercise targeted at flushing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[2657,2658,2659,2638],"class_list":["post-58158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-commissioner","tag-ebonyi-state","tag-python-dance","tag-support","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metronews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}