The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has elected and inaugurated a new set of executive officers led by Mr Bathram Uzodinma.
National Chairman of the PCRC, Alhaji Mogaji Olaniyi, inaugurated the 15 man executive committee, as part of activities marking the PCRC’s 41st anniversary celebrations, in Owerri, on Saturday.
Olaniyi charged the Uzodinma-led executive to eschew arrogance, power confrontation and vindictiveness in the discharge of their duties.
He also urged the PCRC family in the state to extend their support and cooperation to the new executive while urging them to keep the flag flying through commitment and dedication to duty, to strengthen the relationship between the police and the public.
He however hailed the immediate past exco led by Mr Chima Chukwunyere for their exemplary performance which he noted had raised the credibility of the organization.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Aboki Danjuma, represented by the command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, commended Mogaji for enhancing the relationship between the police and the public, nothing that sustained partnership, trust and collaborations were of crucial importance for the police and the PCRC to move on.
He congratulated the new Exco on their emergence and wished them a successful tenure.
Also speaking, Uzodinma pledged to justify the confidence reposed in him, promising a robust relationship between the police and the public.
Speaking, Chukwunyere said that he pragmatically and intuitively established a weekly radio programme to smoothen the relationship of the police with the public as well as to create stronger public awareness on the dangers of cultism, drug addiction, hooliganism and sundry social vices among students.
Insisting that the police still remains a friend to members of the public, Chukwunyere who is the MD/CEO of Domino Paramount Hotel Owerri, said that between 2008 till date, he had so far offered free hotel accommodation to police officers on transit to the tone of N7.6 million.
“ In addition to the radio programmes, the Imo PCRC under my watch regularly visited secondary schools across the state to sensitise students about the dangers of drug abuse and cultism, with our 68th visit last Thursday, to City School, Owerri “, he said.
Our correspondent reports that erstwhile Chairman Chukwunyere joined the association in 1996 and has served in various leadership positions since 2008, including Southeast Zonal Chairman, culminating in Imo state Chairman in 2025.
Chukwunyere has now been elevated to the position of National Consultant, Community Policing of the PCRC for his role in reviving and revitalizing the committee in Imo and the Southeast at large.