Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, OC Brigade has arrested four suspects for violating the warning on the newly constructed Club Road, formerly Abakiliki Street.
The Managing Director of the Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere who led the taskforce team to the area, frowned at people’s attitudes towards public infrastructure, especially the roads, and expressed the willingness of the Brigade to arrest and prosecute anyone found wanting
OCHA brigade boss used the occasion to call on residents, landlords, and community leaders to take responsibility of protecting government property and projects as the law is not a respecter of anyone.
One of the arrested suspects, Mr. Jeremiah Izuchukwu pleaded for forgiveness and said that he was not responsible for the burning of tires on the roads but knew those who did.
Recall that the attention of Anambra State Government was drawn to the indiscriminate burning of tyres on the tarred across the state.
statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Dr Law Mefoh, and the Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Felix Odimegwu, frowned at the act, calling on ndi Anambra to protect and manage public infrastructures.
The statement warned that going forward, anyone caught burning tyres or supporting the act of burning tyres on the road will face the full wrath of the law.
It urged Ndi Anambra to enjoy their celebration without causing harm to either themselves or the government.
While wishing all a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, the state government urged all to remember that together, we can achieve a green and liveable state