SOUTHEAST states will begin a joint security patrol to check
rising insecurity, the governors said on Tuesday.
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They deplored rising cases of kidnapping and attacks on security
agents in the region.
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Southeast Governors Forum chairman and Ebonyi State Governor
David Umahi said the forum would do everything to secure the
region.
He spoke with reporters after a virtual meeting of the
governors.
The governor assured everybody residing in Igboland of their
safety irrespective of ethnic affiliation.
“We will do everything possible to ensure that all our people
are protected; the security agent and all the people from other
regions living with us.
“We have agreed that the Southeast security committee will be
expanded, that this year we are going to have a common patrol.
“Our vehicles are going to be the same, the uniform will be the
same and we will do this for our vigilante.
“We will continue to work with the people of Southeast to give
them greater protection,” he said.
The governors regretted that two days ago, two policemen were
allegedly killed in Imo State, with their riffles taken away.
He said there was a kidnap case along Enugu and Ebonyi border
recently.
Umahi believes the criminal acts were perpetrated by people of
the region.
“We want the leaders of Southeast to rise above political
sentiments to speak out and to condemn this act because should the
security people react, the cry will go everywhere,” he said.
The governors condemned a misleading viral video in a narrator
claimed herdsmen residing in Ebonyi State were being chased away by
their host communities.
The governors described the video as an attempt to cause panic
and disunity in the country.
Umahi said: “We are so much worried about the killings and
kidnappings that are going on in the Southeast – killing our people
and security agents. The situation is being heightened by the
activities of very desperate politicians.
“There are so many politicians in all the political parties who
are so desperate for power and they have aligned with some bandits
to destabilise the nation.
“For instance, two days ago in Ebonyi State, a Fulani settlement
decided to move Taraba State and retain some of their family
members in Ebonyi. The man is still here.
“A politician went to put a voice and said that Igbo are chasing
away the herdsmen from Ebonyi state.
“Such a video went very wide and was causing panic in other
parts of the country. That is very much uncalled for.
“The Governors’ Forum condemns this and we will want the leaders
of Southeast to rise to speak against this kind of attitude and
against messages that tend to divide us and put our people in
danger outside Southeast.”
SOUTHEAST states will begin a joint security patrol to check
rising insecurity, the governors said on Tuesday.
They deplored rising cases of kidnapping and attacks on security
agents in the region.
Southeast Governors Forum chairman and Ebonyi State Governor
David Umahi said the forum would do everything to secure the
region.
He spoke with reporters after a virtual meeting of the
governors.
The governor assured everybody residing in Igboland of their
safety irrespective of ethnic affiliation.
“We will do everything possible to ensure that all our people
are protected; the security agent and all the people from other
regions living with us.
“We have agreed that the Southeast security committee will be
expanded, that this year we are going to have a common patrol.
“Our vehicles are going to be the same, the uniform will be the
same and we will do this for our vigilante.
“We will continue to work with the people of Southeast to give
them greater protection,” he said.
The governors regretted that two days ago, two policemen were
allegedly killed in Imo State, with their riffles taken away.
He said there was a kidnap case along Enugu and Ebonyi border
recently.
Umahi believes the criminal acts were perpetrated by people of
the region.
“We want the leaders of Southeast to rise above political
sentiments to speak out and to condemn this act because should the
security people react, the cry will go everywhere,” he said.
The governors condemned a misleading viral video in a narrator
claimed herdsmen residing in Ebonyi State were being chased away by
their host communities.
The governors described the video as an attempt to cause panic
and disunity in the country.
Umahi said: “We are so much worried about the killings and
kidnappings that are going on in the Southeast – killing our people
and security agents. The situation is being heightened by the
activities of very desperate politicians.
“There are so many politicians in all the political parties who
are so desperate for power and they have aligned with some bandits
to destabilise the nation.
“For instance, two days ago in Ebonyi State, a Fulani settlement
decided to move Taraba State and retain some of their family
members in Ebonyi. The man is still here.
“A politician went to put a voice and said that Igbo are chasing
away the herdsmen from Ebonyi state.
“Such a video went very wide and was causing panic in other
parts of the country. That is very much uncalled for.
“The Governors’ Forum condemns this and we will want the leaders
of Southeast to rise to speak against this kind of attitude and
against messages that tend to divide us and put our people in
danger outside Southeast.”