There is a stern warning by the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, Mr. Ken Emeakayi, to Agunaechemba Security Commanders over personnel wearing masks while on duty.
Emeakayi who briefed the commanders in his office on Thursday said that the practice must stop henceforth.
He insisted that any operative carrying out his duty with a mask, especially within town in civil cases is hiding something.
He told the commanders that by operating with mask, security operatives can scare citizens, while criminal elements can also take advantage of it and perpetuate crime, which could be blamed on the agency and their men.
“You have nothing to fear. All of you live in various localities, and people already know you as security men.
“When you sit at joints enjoying your beer, do you mask up? Some of you even take your working tools (guns) to drinking joints. What do you want to prove? Just so that people will hail you?
“We are stopping operatives from wearing mask while operating, and we want you to enforce it.”
