The new commissioner of  Police in Rivers state  Zaki Ahmed says  the
Federal Government is aware of the orgy of violence rocking the state.
The commissioner said the alarming level of violence  in the state was
as a result of  high proliferation of  illegal arms in the state.
He stated this during the inaugural  media briefing help in Port
Harcourt on Tuesday.
He said the command will soon embark on  onslaught against criminals
and criminal dens in the state.
He also disclosed that the command will create  a data base for
arrested suspects  and criminals to facilitate  speedy investigation
and prosecution.
Ahmed assured that there will be  zero tolerance  to corruption among
Policemen  and citizens of the state.
The commissioner of Police which resumed yesterday after been deployed
from Bauchi state .
He said ‘am delighted to be in your  midst  as the commissioner of
Police based on the confidence reposed in me  by the Inspector General
of Police, I must commend the efforts of the command  of officers in
crime fighting, River state is strategic to the economic development
of the country’.
‘we will investigate arrest and prosecute offenders  who are culpable
of any crime, we will carry out our constitutional mandate without
fear of favour.’
‘I have identified  two clear problems  that are bedeviling the state
and they are political  tussle and criminality, the state must be
hospitable to business to thrive.’
Special check points and  stop and search  must be  reawakened .
‘we shall build date base  to capture  arrested criminals  and
exhibits recovered according to periods. We shall embark on massive
recovery of illegal arms , this illegal weapons have been used  to
kill, rob, and kidnap, a massive onslaught have been put in place to
recover illegal arms, assailants have not been brought to book while
victims cry for justice , there shall be zero tolerance for corruption
and we shall ensure protection  of human rights. Every complaint of
corrupt practices must be investigated’
‘my mission to this state is to fight crime, I shall try to remove
myself from politics because it is a distraction.