Anambra State Government has handed over two armoured personnel carriers and 30 pick-up vehicles to Nigeria Police Force.

The state government had in the past two years equipped the Police with two armoured personnel carriers, 100 patrol vans, as well as communication gadgets.

Special Adviser to the state governor on media, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, disclosed this in a statement.

He said the Governor, Peter Obi, had been working round the clock to contain rising incidence of crime in the state which had also affected the five eastern states.

According to him, "Insecurity in the South-East has been traced to militants' operations in the Niger Delta and the activities of desperate politicians, some of who are trying to destabilise Anambra State.

''It would be recalled that at a town hall meeting with Ndi Anmabra in Lagos on June 9, 2009, Governor Obi declared 50 days war against criminals in the state. The present logistics support to the Police is seen as part of measures to prosecute the offensive."

Obienyem also said that Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, who was in Anambra State at the last donation of equipment to the Police in 2008, commended Obi for his unrelenting assistance to the state police command.