The Coordinator of Edo State Safety Corps, CP Friday Ibadin (retd.), has urged 11,089 personnel of the defunct Edo State Safety Community now ESSC to make themselves accessible for profiling.
Ibadin acknowledged this in Benin, the state capital, on Saturday the place he mentioned the Governor Monday Okpebholo-led administration is striving in the direction of a safer Edo State.
He famous that the governor needs a secure state as there might be no improvement with out safety, including that safety and improvement work aspect by aspect.
Ibadin urged personnel to make themselves accessible for reprofiling on the designated areas within the three senatorial districts of the state.
He mentioned, “Accessible information point out that there are 11,098 personnel throughout the state. The profiling train is to put the state safety outfit on a greater footing for enhanced safety of the state.
“Profiling will probably be completed concurrently on Monday, December 2, 2024, on the Police Space Command at Auchi, for personnel in Edo North, for Edo Central, they are going to converge on the public subject in Esan North East whereas these for Edo South will take their flip in Benin.”
He mentioned all of the personnel ought to be absolutely kitted urging them to come back with their id playing cards and people with arms must also include them.
He mentioned, “The explanation why we try to profile and re-evaluate our personnel is to know our energy, composition and disposition.
“Now we have appointed coordinators from the three Senatorial District within the state to profile the personnel who should be correctly kitted. They need to be absolutely kitted in uniforms, ID playing cards and their firearms for correct profiling as we are going to give the arms code to correctly differentiate them.
“We would like the members of the general public to pay attention to what we’re doing as we’re striving in the direction of a safer Edo State as a result of, and not using a secure society, there can’t be improvement. Safety and improvement work aspect by aspect.
“Safety is kind of an costly enterprise, insecurity is dearer. We’re doing all to sanitise the entire system in order that our individuals can sleep with their two eyes closed and be very grateful to the safety outfit in place in addition to Governor Okpebholo’s administration.”