By Parrot Newspaper 
One Month Without a Gunshot? Anambra CP Writes His Own Fiction
By Ricky Awodi
Anambra’s Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, must have discovered a new hobby—storytelling. In a recent address, he confidently declared that the state had achieved an unprecedented milestone: one month without a single gunshot or killing. The statement, which he attributed to “divine grace, security collaboration, and community cooperation,” sounds admirable—until it collides with reality.
For those who actually live in Anambra, this claim might come as a surprise, if not an outright joke. In a state still grappling with violent crimes, kidnappings, and the lingering effects of sit-at-home enforcement, the idea of a gunshot-free month belongs more in the realm of wishful thinking than policing.
One wonders where Orutugu has been stationed in the past month. Certainly not in parts of the state where residents still whisper about night-time raids, where security operatives remain on high alert, and where reports of violence surface all too frequently. If Anambra as indeed experienced such a miraculous peace, one might ask why the commissioner simultaneously vows to take decisive action against those responsible for recent killings.
Perhaps Orutugu’s statement is an attempt at self-congratulation or a morale boost for his force. But while he celebrates a fiction, residents know better. A peaceful Anambra is the goal—but pretending it has already arrived is not the way to achieve it.
One Month Without a Gunshot? Anambra CP Writes His Own Fiction