Nigeria, March 24 -- The police in Anambra State say they have allied with their counterpart in Enugu State to fight growing insecurity in the two South-eastern states.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the state Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu and his Enugu State counterpart, Bitrus Giwa, formed the alliance when the two police chiefs met on Monday.

The spokesperson said the police chiefs discovered that "infiltration of criminals" between Enugu and Anambra was a major security challenge in the South-east which requires urgent intervention.

"As a result, they (the two police commissioners) pledged to collaborate, share...