The Ekiti State Government has vowed to prosecute some residents arrested in connection with last weekend’s attack on personnel of the federal and state fire service.
Director-General, Office of Transformation and Service Delivery, Mobolaji Aluko, said this during a press briefing.
HSENations recalls that in the incident that occurred in the Moferere area of Ado Ekiti, residents molested the fire service personnel and damaged their equipment as they were attending to a fire incident.
Aluko, who also oversees the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, warned residents to desist from incessant attacks on fire service personnel and other public servants in the state in the cause of performing their official duties.
The DG emphasised that the government would no longer tolerate the incessant attacks on public servants under the guise of protesting lateness during emergencies.
Aluko, who was accompanied by Special Adviser, Governor’s Office and Overseer of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Foluso Daramola, condemned the unruly behaviour of residents of the area against the fire officers.
He said that those arrested in connection with the incident will be prosecuted to serve as deterrence to others.