Police in the Enga province have reported no major incidents so far since the operations order was launched last week in the province.
Enga Police Boss, Superintendent George Kakas said this is in conjunction with the 100 Day Restoration Period, which has been ongoing for the past two months and will be concluded in January 2023.
“We launched the Christmas and New Year operations last week, that’s a mini ops order for this period and is in conjunction with the ongoing 100 Day restoration operation the is still continuing.”
The Provincial Police Commander (PPC) also said that a supplementary operation order was released last week, in which all Police Station Commanders in each district have to come up with their own operation plans which they are now implemented.
Police are now out in full force, making sure safety remains paramount in the province. So far, there have been little occurrences in the province.
Meanwhile, even though fighting in the Porgera-Paialla District has died down, the PPC is still keeping an ear and an eye out for anything that may surface in the near future.
This is because tensions are still high and many are skeptical as to how long peace will remain in the area. At the moment, it is quiet but people are still cautious.
“It’s still sensitive, people are going around, saying things here and there and all that like, this tribe may attack or that tribe may attack.
All these things are going on but we still have peace.
” PPC George Kakas has stated that for the past few months, he has been travelling extensively throughout the province conducting awareness and peace summits, to which Porgera-Paialla is no exception.
Speaking with tribal heads and the member for the district, who also was present in the province to conduct a peace ceremony with the 8 tribes inhabiting the town area, they called for peace to prevail and for the people to lay down their arms.