Obiano Police trains its members in martial arts as part of its plans to tackle revenue defaulters

ANAMBRA State government has offered martial arts training to members of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) brigade known as the Obiano Police as part of its campaign to tackle revenue defaulters and related offenders.

In the first such training of its kind, the men are being taught taekwondo and already eight officers of the  OCHA brigade have been enrolled. Governor Obiano said he would not relent until criminal elements in the state were shown the way out.

He said the establishment of the OCHA brigade and other related bodies was targeted at assisting the government to fight miscreants and stop them from tarnishing the image of the state. Governor who was represented at the launch by his chief of staff, Primus Odili, commended the vibrancy for which the OCHA brigade was known for and urged them to sustain the standard.

He pledged government’s continuing support of the organisation, urging the officers to reciprocate the gesture by living up to expectations. Mr Odili added:  “The governor can’t create this organisation and allow it to fail.

"It is his interest to see you succeed because your success is his. However, he also needs to see you put in your best.”

Pat Obiefuna, the managing director and superintendent general of the agency, described the training as timely, saying it was targeted at disarming miscreants that constitute nuisance to the state. He commended the trainees for their interest in the skills, assuring them that the training, which he described as the first of its kind, would be a continuous exercise.

“Your acquisition of these special skills is coming at a period we are consolidating the gains of several intensive operations which this brigade has participated. The training has equipped you to face the criminals out there, including illegal toll collectors and street traders, indiscriminate refuse disposers, among others,” Mr Obiefuna added.