Okorocha sets to clear street traders from Owerri roads

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has charged the Imo Civil Guards to
evacuate street traders on Douglas and other roads in Owerri to
maintain sanity in the state capital.
A statement from his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Mr
Sam Onwuemeodo, said on Friday that the governor gave the order
while addressing officers of the guard in Owerri.
The civil guard is a security outfit set up by the state government to
maintain peace and order.
Okorocha urged them to assist the state government to relocate the
street traders on Douglas Road to the Relief Market in order to de-
congest the state capital.
He said the aim was to make Owerri one of the cleanest cities in the
country.
Okorocha advised the guards to apply wisdom while discharging
their duties and shun any act that would make them to engage in
violence with the traders.
He assured them that the state government would provide the
necessary logistics enable them to discharge their duties.
The Director General of the guard, Mr Donatus Ejifugha, assured the
governor that the officers would carry out their function diligently
without fear or favour.
He thanked the governor for approving the necessary logistics meant
for the job.
Ejifugha said his men would not relent in maintaining peace and order
in the state.
The guards are to man the Douglas Road, Relief Market, Bank
Road, Orlu Road, Emmanuel College, Naze Junction, Mbaise Road
and Wetheral Road.