By CHARLES IWUOHA

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has assured that his administration would provide adequate security for citizens before, during and after the general elections.

Umahi gave the assurance while distributing twenty two utility trucks and one hundred and fifty motorcycles to security agencies in the state.

The governor said the donation was to further support the security agencies in tackling insecurity in the state.

“Security is of utmost importance to us in Ebonyi State and we have been doing our best in this direction, it is never enough and we realize that you cannot pursue these criminals without vehicles, we needed brand new vehicles.

“I want to appeal to the users, let nobody use these vehicles alone, always be in a convoy,” he said.

The Governor pleaded with the security agencies to use the vehicles only for the purposes they were procured and for the safety of Citizens.

“This vehicle should not be on the road alone, it should be about three or four on the road equipped with the right gadgets because of bandits. I don't want to hear that these vehicles are burnt or stolen.

“I will give you all the cooperation, I will give you all the support to ensure you succeed. I will not send you against the opposition but do not support the opposition to destabilize the peace of the state. I will not support that, we want equal treatment for the ruling party and the opposition,” he said.

Governor Umahi appealed to security agencies to curtail the number of security orderlies assigned to politicians in the state in order to beef up personnel available for security of people and their properties.

“The opposition is putting uniform on non-security persons and are parading as Security Officers and constituting insecurity, we will no longer allow it, we will confront it,” he said.